The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, December 11, 1947, SECTION A, Image 1
16 PAGES This Issue The Frontier SECTION A Pages 1 to 8 VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 31, O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1947. PRICE 7 CENTS 1 , ; ■ O’Neill Is Northcentral Nebraska’s Christmas City Holiday activities this week moved into full ’ swing in O’Neill, which has become known as noithcentral Nebraska’s Christmas city. Gift shopping is expected to gain full mo mentum this week as this shopper edition of The Front'er reaches readers throughout the O'Neill territory. This edition is being given extended cover age in all Holt county communities and at Spencer and Lynch in Boyd county. More <* ' than 3,500 copies have been published. Most ait stores are displaying iargc stocks of new Christmas merchandise and are offe. ing many special values for gift shoppers. Many oc these special values are liotecj else where in this issue by leading merchants. Chamber of Commerce officials explain that if the gifts you’re hunting for are available anywhere they can be found in O'Neill. For the convenience of lste shoppers, the O'Neill stores will be open two evenings un til 9 during Chiislmas week. These are Mon day and Tuesday, December 22 and 23. Santa Coming Plana are underway for a rousing welcome fur Santa Claus when he comes to i u . > his j annual .visit with the children in the O’Neill to ritory. He has advised Chamber officials that the date will be Saturday, December 20, and the hour will be 2:30 p. m. He will be met outside the city by a fire truck owned by the city. Treats lor his starry eyed admirers will be transferred onto the t uck and the Jolly Ol’ Fellow will breeze into town to the accompaniment of a siren. The truck will stop in the street on the south of the O'Neill public school building, and ill enter the building at the south door, e will be candy, nuts and fruit for the v ;r osiers and Santa will try and visit with my of his little friends as possible. WISCONSIN HAN HIRED BY REA William D. Dallman to Be Coordinator on 4-County Project The Rural Electrification Ad ministration in Washington, D. • C., this week confirmed the ap pointment of William D. Dall man, of Greenwood, Wis., as co ordinator or manager for the newly-formed Niobrara Valley Electric Membership corpora tion. He recently appeared twice before the board as a candidate for the post. In a meeting last week in the Holt county courthouse an nex building, contracts were let for 6.100 po’es for the in itial construction, which is designated as phase "A." The contract was awarded to the Jasper Creosoting company, of Jasper, Tex. Twenty other firms from, Portland, Ore., to Shreveport, La., placed bids. The Jasper firm’s figure was roughly $79,500 for the 6,100 poles to be delivered at Spencer. Also attending the meeting was W. A". Richardson, of the Henningson Engineering com pany, oi -Omaha. John T. Murray, of Spencer, attorney for the Niobrara group, estimates that the ulti mate cost of the completed rural elecrilication project in the four-county area will be in the neighborhood of five mil lion dollars. Members of the board of di rectors are: Joe Rocke, of Atkin son; Vern Sage.ser, of Amelia; Carroll O’Neill, tf O’NcJ; Wil liam Wefso, of Stuart; Carl Schmidt, of Spencer; Albert Schindler, of Lynch; Harry Res sel, of O’Neill; Harry Pebbel, of Butte; William Blakkolb, ol Naper, and Thomas Cotirtney, of Lynch. Dullman is expected to report for duty to the group within 60 days alter the Washington con firmation. He has a family. Mile of Sewer Pipe Already Received The equivalent of nearly a mile of sewer pipe has been re ceived by the city as Charles ‘ Robeck company workmen are proceeding with pipe-laying in the city s sewer extension pro gram. Work was begun last week on three rail and four highway crossings in various sections of the city. BROTHER DIES Ray B. Asher, 47, of Ketchum, fda., died early Tuesday follow ing a heart attack. He was a brother of Homer E. and Mer vyn E. Asher, both of O’Neill. The two O’Neill men ‘departed that day to attend funeral ser vices. They were joined in Grand Island by Mrs. Roy Mul ford, of Iowa City, la., a sister. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Moss left Sunday for Omaha where they are attending a convention. They will be gone about four days. Notre Dame Coach, Native of O’Neill, Attains New Heights Frank Leahy (right), Notre Dame’s illustrious coach and a native O’Neillite, Saturday reached new heights in his athletic career as his Fightin’ I.ish swept through Southern California, 38-7, at Los Ange les. It was the first all-win ning year for the Irish since 1930 when the immortal Knute Rockne was coaching. Some observers reported that the 1947 Notre Dame team is the greatest college football team ever seen. Leahy was born in August, 1907, one block south of St. Ma y's academy in what is known as the old Howard house. In 1908 the late Frank Leahy, sr., and his family left O’Neill, going to Roundup, Mont. A short time later, how ever, the family returned to the midwest, settling in Tripp county, South Dakota, where Frank was reared and gained his early education. They liv ed at Camro, which l^er be came Winner. Frank’s mother resides with him at South Bend, Ind. One Frank Leahy ... an Irish man from O'Neill. brother, Gene Leahy, of Rush ville, is a frequent O’Neill vis itor. MRS. RALPH YOUNG DIES IN HOSPITAL Lifelong Resident of Holt County; Rites Held Wednesday Mrs. J. Ralph Young, {ft, a lifelong resident of Holt county, was* buried Wednesday in F id dock Union cemetery. She died at 1:45 p. m. Sunday in the O’ Neill hospital. Fune.al services were held at 2 p. m. in the Methodist church here with Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis o ficiating. The pallbearers were: Emmet .Crabb, John Dick, Fred Lorenz, Lloyd Whaley, Tony Dietsch and Carl Widfeldt. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alphonzo L. Rouse, Alma Blanche Rouse was born near Meek on October 17, 1894. She was reared in the Meek community. On June 6, 1917 she was mar ried to J Ralph Young, of O’ Neill. TJio wedding took place here. They became the parents of five children, and one son died in infancy. Mrs. Young was a member of the O’Neill Methodist church. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister. Su.vivors include: Widower— J. Ralph Young; sons—Leona d R. Young, of Manhatten, Kans., and Edward, of O’Neill; daugh ters—Thelma and Helen Young, both of O’Neill; brothers— Ar thur Rouse and Howard Rouse, both of O’Neill; Herbert Rouse, of Inman; sisters — Mrs. Guy Young, Mrs. Henry Walters ana Miss Maude Rouse, all of O’ Neill, and M s. James Hayden, of Wiggins, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brinkman left Sunday for St. Paul, Minn., ! on a th:ee-weeks’ business trip. VETERINARIANS EYE PUBLIC HEALTH Information and new facts re garding the health of domestic animals and poultry are being presented and discussed by vet erinarians of Nebraska and neighboring states at the 49th annua? meeting of the Nebraska State 'iterinary Medical associ ation a \ie Hotel Cornhusker in Lincoln. .~rs. H. L. Bennett and G. R. Coo, are attending the two-s « on which was to have begun today. “The veterinarians will discuss the increasing role in public health being played by veterin ary medics,” Dr. Cook said. “Aside from the care of sick and injured animals, the most important functions of the vet erinary pro ession are the pro tection of the livestock industry and the protection of human be ings against those diseases that are peculiar to animals but are communicable to man.” Burwell Man Arrested on Flying Charge Donald Malmstein, of Burwell, who is alleged to have flown an ai: plane while intoxicated, has been turned over to CAA au thorities, it was announced by Patrolman Ray Robeson of the; state safety patrol. Robeson said he and Patrol man R. R. Shorney, of Ains worth, arrested Malmstein Sat urday just after he landed his plane in a hay meadow adjoin ing highway 2ul south of O’ Neill. Malmstein was taken to Holt Sheriff A. B. Hubbard’s office at O’Neill and then turned over to CAA officials. LEAVES NAVY Harold Huebert, son of Mrs. Edna Huebert, arrived Saturday after having served two years in the Navy. He was stationed on the USS Noble. TAX COLLECTORS TO ASSIST PAYERS A deputy collector of internal revenue will be at the following places on the dates listed in or der to assist taxpayers file eith er estimates for 1947 or for the filing of final retu ns for the year of 1947, according to an an nouncement issued this week by the done office here. The dates follow: January 5 — Chambers State bank, Chambers; 5-6—Atkinson postoffice; 7-8—Creighton audi torium; 9 — Wausa auditorium; 12-15— zone of ice, O’Neill. WE BEG YOUR PARDON The Frontier erroneously stat ed in the last issue that Mrs. F. J. Biglin had departed for a trip to Mexico, via Chicago, 111. The a tide should have stated that it was Miss Jean Biglin, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Biglin, who was making the trip. MAKES HONOR ROLL Thomas DeBacker, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. DeBacker, was named an honor roll student at St. Benedict’s college at Atchin son, Kans., for the first quarter. A sophomore, he was an honor student throughout the last term. WORLD WAR I VET HEART VICTIM Earl P. Closson, 50, Dies Following an Extended Illness Death on Tuesday claimed the li e of Earl P. Clo son, 50, a vet eran of the Chateau-Thierry and Meuse - Argonne campaigns in Wo Id War I. He died in the Veterans’ hospital at Lincoln, where he had been receiving treatment for a heart ailment. Mr. Closson had been in ill health for three years and had made frequent trips to the hos pital. Horn at Clearwater March 13, 1897, a son of Mr. and Mrs. An drew Closson, he spent most of his life in this region except for the time spent oveiseas during World War I. In 1918 he enlisted in the prmy air force and was later transferred to the 104th Engi neers, 29th division. He serv ed 11 months, spending six months in Europe. For 24 years he resided on a farm near O'Neill and Page. He was united in marriage to Jauneita Wyman at Clearwater on April 11, 1923. They became the parents of three children. Survivors include: Widow — Mrs. Jauneita Closson; daughter —Mrs. Eula Finley, of Page; sons — Raymond Closson and Clif ord Closson, both of O’Neill; father—Andrew Closson, of Ew ing; brothers—Paul Closson and Anson Closson, both of O’Neill, and sister — Mrs. Audrey Bow den, of O’Neill. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Friday in the Meth odist church. Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis, *chu ch pastor, and Rev; Melvin Grosenbach, will officiate and interment will be in Pros pect Hill cemetery. Dawes Forecasts High Prices Through 1948 (Editor’^ note: The Frontier ‘ requested A. Neil Dawes, Holt county agricultural agent, to write a frank, 6pin discussion of the agricultural outlook for farmers and ranchers in this region. Mr. Dawes i3 a com petent observer, he travels widely in the region each week. He has talked to many operators, and this article is believed timely and perhaps helpful to our readers.) By A. Neil Dawes, Every farmer and rancher in Holt county wishes he knew what the conditions will be in 1948. We know that no indi vidual economist or any one else will be able to forecast 100 percent nor can he know your individual problems. Therefore, it is important that each one of us consider the things at hand when making our plans. The general agricultural outlook for 1948 is continued high prices for agricultural products and for manufac tured goods, shortage of meat and of feed grain, as well as a reduced wheat crcp. There will be a gAsat need for conservation of livestock feed, roil, and hu man food if the Marshall plan is to function. ► Farmers and ranchers will < have much less feed grain for livestock during 1948 feeding season than they had in 1946. This is, of course, due to less com and small grain being produced in 1947. This means that farmers throughout the midwest will feed less grain to their livestock and poultry. Livestock will probably be marketed at lighter weights and a careful culling program will result so as to get the most from available feed. In Holt county the trend will probably be to keep more calves, heifers and cows with the thought of utilizing the hay and winter pasture, rais ing a calf crop and running the cattle through the grazing season and selling them in fall of 1948 as grass fat cattle. This will be a good practice during 1948. The price of market cattle will probably remain high with the price of feeder cat tle remaining steady and may show increase if a good corn-crop is raised in 1948. The hog population is low and prices will remain high during the 1948 season. By practicing good hog manage ment the producer should be well paid for his efforts in ► spite of high feed costs. Green < pasture will be important in producing economical gains along with a well balanced ra tion The poultry production trend may be downward. Even though Thursday continues to be an “eggless” day, house wives should understand why. It is to cut the demand for eggs at the season of low pro duction and thus encourage farmers to reduce their flocks to save grain. Get rid of the hens which are no longer lay ing enough eggs to be worth the grain they eat. Consum ers can help by eating, can ning and freezing these excel lent stewing hens during low production periods. Farm machinery and home equipment is expected to be more plentiful than last year, but prices will probably not be any lower and may increase on some things. The possibili ty for electrical power for ru ral areas is bright for 1948 as plans for setting poles in the A sections in the spring of 1948. The farm labor situation rema'ns in a rather constant balance with more demand for experienced ranch and term hands than can be sup plied. > Crop prospects in this area are quite favorable. However, not enough fall moisture has been received to replace mois ture demands of the past growing season. The market for all grains will probably remain strong with a higher trend until new crops are harvested. As long as the mass shipments over seas continue, good prices will prevail. Farmers are being called upon for all-out produc tion but care should be taken not to misuse the land or ex ploit it because of high prices. Land values in this area have been steadily increas ing to a point where persons buying should exercise cau tion and not go deeply into debt. If able to pay cash the individual can only lose hi3 savings if a decline comes. The homemaker is going to have to practice every kind economy to keep living costs down and properly fe?d her family It will b-* a very good precaution to raise an ade quate garden and conserve and preserve all food pos1 ible. She will bo called upon to make clothing over and to do care ful buying. A. C. ANDERSEN RITES HELD HERE Native of Denmark; Leaves 7 Daughters and 4 Sons A. C. Andersen, 77, a native of Denmark and a Holt county resident for 21 years, died at 10 p. m. Sunday in the O’Neill hos pital. Death resulted from com plications accompanying advanc ed age. Funeral services were held at 10 a. ip. Wednesday in the Meth odist church here and burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. Rev. Lloyd W. Muliis was the .minis ter, and the pallbearers were; Theodore Hieter, LeRoy Lilyard, Gilbert Strong, Chris Menuey, Marion Jenkins and Phillip Long. Born March 31, 1870. he im migrated to the United States as a youth. He married Anna Dorothy Cli'ford at St. Paul, and they later settled in Rock county. Twenty-one years ago t^e Anderren family moved to Holt county. He was a farm er until his retirement several years ago. Mr Andersen was the father of 11 children. Mrs. Andersen is deceased. Su vivors include: Sons— An drew, Chris and George, all of Bassett; Martinus, of Leadville, Colo.; daughters — Mrs. Marie Menuey and Mrs. Alice Hieter, both of Leadville; Mrs. Emma Jarde and Mrs. Mabel Strong, both of O’Neill; Mrs. Johanna Lilyard, of Hot Sp ings, S. D.; Mrs. Nellie Jenkins, of Meadow Grove, brother — Martinus, of Coatsville; 35 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Entertains Mother— Mrs. Geald Smith entertained her mother, Mrs. William Strong, of Ainsworth, December 3. RIEH ART-SEXTON GROSS $44,000 Land and Pe r s o n a 1 Property Go Under Auctioneer’s Hammer CHAMBERS — The Riehart 5exton auction, which included 680 acres or Riehart land, a quarter section of Sexton land, and some personal property, grossed over $44,000. This was one of the largest sales of its kind in this section in recent years. C. W. Losky. of Leigh, pur chased the Riehart 680 acres, and C. W. Rickard, of Cham bers, purchased the Sexton quarter. The sale was held at the Char lie Riehart place, located 6 miles southeast of Chajnbers. All per sonal property belonging to Mr. Riehart and his son-in-law, Clar. ence Sexton, was sold. Despite adverse road conditions, a large crowd was in attendance and competition was keen. Dairy cows sold from $150 to $260 a head with the younger cows and heifers going at $120 to $175 a head. A Fordson sold fr,r $1,000, an Oliver 70 for $1, 200. The Charlie Riehart home nlaee of 360 acres was sold to C, W. Losky. of Leigh, at $41 an acre. A half section of pasture was also purchased by Losky al $15.50 an acre. The Clarence Sexton quarter was sold to C. W Rickard, of Chambers, (a neigh bor) at $34.35 an acre. Auctioneers were Ernie Wel ler, of Atkinson, and Ed Thorin of Chambers. Leo Adams, of Chambers, was the clerk. New School Values Effective January 1 County Treasurer J. Ed Han cock has been acrvised by the state treasurer that the 72 per cent valuation increase on Holt county school lands will be ef fective January 1, 1948, instead of being retroactive to July 1 1947. Hancock had earlier written the state treasurer stating that many receipts had been written and marked “eaid in full” before the recent valuation dispute was settled On the other hand, any tax payers who have already paid on the 72 pereret valuation in crease ha^is will he riven eredit on their 1948 taxes, Hancock ex plained. Curtailment in Power Consumption Asked * YOUNGEST *SUB’ Danny Saunto (above) ar rived in this world on Thurs day, November 13, and his ad mittance into the community was duly ch onicled with a five-line paragraph in The Frontier’s “Future Subscriber" column. The squib stated that he weighed in at 8 pounds and 2 ounces. Danny, however, took the publicity literally and this week his name was entered on The Frontier’s circulation rolls as this newspaper’s youngest subscriber. At the tender age of 27 days he doesn’t read, but he oblig ingly poses for pictures. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saunto, say that Danny may some day be a contender for the honor of being The Frontier’s oldest subscriber. Danny has a si^tef, Ann Ma ria. — The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville._ Mercury Drops to fiOvvest of Season Twice this week the mercury dropped to 1-degree—the coldest marks of the season. Precipitation during the week netted 52 of an inch, Cfovern ment Observer Elmer Bowen re ported. Hi Lo Moist. December 4 27 15 December 5 - 21 15 December 6 - 35 16 December 7 - 38 15 December 8 29 1 December 9 „ — 16 1 December 10-29 8 .26 .16 .10 T T Totals .52 Third Appeal Made for Voluntary Reduction; Slush Cuts Power L. C. Walling, manager of the O’Neill Consumers Public Power district, joined with other power officials in the state in an ap peal today (Thursday) to aU electric users to curtail as much as possible the use of electricity between the hours of 5 and 7:30 p. m. This curtailment is necessary to avoid a major failure of ov erloaded power f a c i 1 it i • a. which serve virtually all of the eastern half of Nebraska. The curtailment does not ap ply to any community in Con sumers system west of North Platte. Electric users In all communi ties affected are asked to turn o f all lights possible and avoid all other unnecessary use af electricity between the hours of 5 and 7:30 p. m. from now until after Christmas. Points listed in the appeal were as follows: The power curtailment applies only to week days—not Sundays. Cur ta Iment is asked only between the designated hours when electric use is heaviest. Christ* mas lights, including street decorations and lighting in homes, should not be turned on until after 7:30. Use of electricity for outdoor signs and show windows should be reduced or curtailed. Use of all power consuming appli* ^ ficss f*«*d squipment should be curtailed as much as pos* s ble in stores, homes, in towns, cities and on farms. Curtailment is requested until after Christmas, when it is hoped the extra demand will begin to drop. It was pointed out that the load throughout the network erf the Neb aska Public Power sys tem has already reached within 1,000 kilowatts of the system’s maximum capacity with all available facilities operating and, as additional pre-Christmas use increases, it is feared the squeeze will become more serious. Co operation of all users will great ly help to avert a major power failure. Walling said the Loup river hydro plant at Columbus, from which the O’Neill district de rives much of its energy, had been slowed by slush ice in the river, but that problem is easing. 1948 HOLT FAIR DATES ARE SET CHAMBERS—At a meeting of the Holt county fair board held here Friday evening, George Rowse was elected president; Lloyd G1 e e d, vice - president; Vem Sageser, treasurer, and Ed win Wink, secretary. Give The Frontier for Christmas Looking for an item that would be an inexpensive, ideal gift for every member of the family? Send The Frontier..a weekly remembrance frorn the send er .. . and it will be enjoyed throughout the year. Special gin cards will be forwarded on request. .... . , , The Frontier is first with lb'' news (publishing hours ahead of most other newspapers in Holt and adjoining counties); it is first with features, boasting two of Holt county s best-known writers. Blanche Spann Pease ("The Frontier Woman ) and Romaine Saunders (“Prairieland Talk”). The Frontier is a pic ture newspaper, having published more “homeprmt pictures so far this year than all other Holt county newspapers combined^ The Frontier has the only sports department in Holt county, ana its general news coverage is complete with live, aggressive cor respondents in most communities. The handy subscription blank below will help you solve your gift problem. Why not fill it in and mail today’ SUBSCRIPTION BLANK The Frontier Circulation Department O’Neill, Nebraska Sirs: , Enclosed find $.... .... (cash) (check) (money order) in payment for The Frontier for one year ($2.50 in Nebraska; $3 elsewhere). This (is) (is not) a gift subscription. (Do) (Do not) send gift card. P’ffme begin paper (immediately) (January 1, 1948.) Name of Addressee Route, Box or Street Postoffice — State - My Name ..— Address