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4 SECTIONS — 22 PAGES SECTION I — PAGES I -8 l North-Nebraska a Fastest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 69—NUMBER 42 _O'NEILL, NEBR.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1950 PRICE: FcENTaT Fire Destroys Livestock Mart —_ /Ck > Soil Conservation Theme of Edition _ _ j Conservationist Hill Helps Frontier Staff Produce This Number This is The Frontier’s first annual Holt county soil conser vation edition. The conservation theme is carried through most of this issue, and section 2 (con sisting of pages 9-16), deals al most exclusively with the sub ject. Great strides have been made in conservation work in recent years, and Holt county, thanks to longrange planning on the part of many of its farmers and * ranchers and to leadership pro vided by the Soil Conservation Service, is one of the ranking counties in the western half of the United States in conserva tion progress. C. R. (“Bob”) Hill, Holt Coun ty Soil Conservation district technician, has gathered most of the data and worked closely with The Frontier in the pro duction of the conservation sec tion of this edition. Mr. Hill served as a B-17 Fly ing Fortress navigator during World War II and flew missions in the European theater. He at tended Hebron junior coUege and graduated from the Univer I sity of Nebraska college of agri culture. Grass, the most important crop to the agriculture of north central Nebraska and, particu larly, Holt county, will be dis cussed Tuesday, February 28, at a district grassland meeting which will be held in the city auditorium at Stuart. Grass Day is under the direc tion of the Holt county soil con servation district and its head, C. R. Hill. . . . ... The day-long activities will be highlighted by a panel dis cussion of “Profits from Grass. Many well-known Holt and out of-county authorities on grass will participate. The day’s activities will begin . at 9:30 a. m. with the soil con servation district annual ineet ing. (See section 2 of this issue for the program of the day.) Drinks Lye Water; Seriously Burned LeRoy Moos, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moos, of O’Neill, is in an Omaha hos pital undergoing treatment for internal burns. The child suffered the injury when he drank a small quanti ty of lye water solution while his mother had left her work to answer the telephone. His condition was considered i “serious” and Saturday he was given a blood transfusion. Dinner Planned For GOP Parley A parley of Holt county Re publicans and state GOP offi cials will be held in O’Neill on Wednesday, March 8. According to Holt GOP Chairman Ira H. Moss, of O’ Neill, the meeting has been called b y Republican State Chairman David Martin, who will preside. Also present will be Mrs. Arthur Bowring, of Merriman, state vice-chairman; i Mrs. Edna Donald, of Grand Is land, national committeewom an; Joseph Wishart, of Lincoln, j state finance chairman, and Bob Sanford, president of the Ne- j braska Young Republicans. Dinner will be served at 6:45 : p. m. at the American Legion i auditorium. Talks and an in- i formal discussion will follow. Moss said dinner reservations should be mailed to him before j March 1. “Voice of The Frontier . . . 9:45 a.m., Mon., Wed., Sat. j C. R. ("Bob") Hill . . . ex air force flyer now works the soil. (Story at left) CHAMP HEREFORD BULL HITS $1,500 Registered Sale Grosses $30,165; 57 Bulls Average $446 An estimated 1,200 people at tended the annual spring sale of the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ association held in O’ Neill Saturday, February 18. The 77 head of registered Herefords sold for $30,165, or an average of over $391 per head. Fifty-seven bulls averag ed $446 per head and 20 females averaged $237. The top 10 bulls averaged $746 and the top 40 bulls averaged $516. The grand champion bull. JR Eclipse Domino, was shown by Geo. Rowse & Son, of Chambers, and sold for $1500 to Clarence Ernst, of O Neill—a new high for the O'Neill sale. The reserve champion bull, JRS Paladin, shown by Whitaker & Whit aker, of Chambers, sold for $710 to Louis Juracek, of Nio brara. The grand champion female, Empress 95th, shown by Geo. Rowse & Son, also sold for $540 to Clarence Ernst. The reserve champion female, JRS Miss Mil itant, shown by Whitaker & Whitaker, was purchased by Nelson Bros., of Clearwater, for $460. Geo. Burke, of Ewing, pur chased Mischief Domino shown by Harold Van Vleck & Sons, of Clearwater, for $720, and F. Mischief, shown by Ray Hoff man, of Chambers, for $710. Forrest Farrand, of O’Neill, paid $700 for Proud Mixer J, the bull which stood third in the championship class. This bull was shown by D. E. Bowen & Son, of Page. Max Williams, of Bonesteel, S. D., paid $690 for Bocaldo Re turn, shown by Whitaker & Whitaker. Mr. Weber, of Royal, paid $675 for Chief Domino 20th, shown by C. V. Robertson, of Chambers. Geo. Rowse & Son won the large trophy for the best pair, bull and female. This trophy was donated by the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce and will become the permanent property of the breeder winning it 3 times. Geo. Rowse & Son won the ’ropbies for champion bull and < /lampion female and Whitaker & Whitaker won the trophies for reserve champion bull and | reserve champion female. These ♦’•< nhies were awarded by the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ j association. Frontier for printing! Not long ago the area shown (above), on the E. J. Revell place, 26 miles northeast of O'Neill, was a deep, barren rav.ine that was ravished by soil erosion. Two spawning ponds have transformed the scene. Mr. Revell uses the spawning ponds to restock a larger artifi cial lake on his place. In the photo are H. A. Miller, former district conservationist, Mr. Re* veil, and L. F. Bredemeier, of Valentine, form : er work unit conservationist here. O’NEILL TEACHERS GET PAY INCREASE _ The 22-member faculty at the O’Neill public school Monday evening was reelected at a meeting of the O’Neill board of education. However, several of the teachers will not be eligible to enter into a new contract un til August 1. One hundred dollar annual increases were granted Supt. Ira George and 19 other mem bers of his faculty. Two teach ers — Principal Howard Dean and Miss Rosemary Vondracek, vocal music instructor — were voted $200 annual increases. Faculty members and the proffered salaries for the 1950 ’51 term follow: Ira George, superintendent and band, $5,000; Howard Dean, principal and basketball coach, $3,900; Beryl Gerdes, vocational agriculture, $3,850; Marvin Mil ler, football coach and science, $3,400; Beryl Damkroger vet eran’s agriculture department (not paid by board); Miss Esther Kinnler, commercial, $2,800; Miss Viola Haynes, science and visual aids, $2800; Miss Alice French, mathematics and libra ry, $2,800; G. R. Nicholas, Eng lish and speech, $2,800; Miss Claire Tomjack, English and normal training, $2,800; Miss Neta Bellinger, home econom ics, $2,800; Miss Rosemary Von dracek vocal music, $2,800; Mrs. Catherine Fritton, first grade, $2,050: Miss Loretta Enright, second grade, $2,165; Miss Hilda Gallagher, $2,165; Miss LuVerne Schultz, fourth grade, $2,050; Mrs. Ray Battenhausen, fifth grade $2,050; Mrs. Emanuel Sieglcr, sixth grade, $2,050; M r s. Alice Fritton, seventh grade, $2,050; Mrs. Leo Mullen, eighth grade, $2,050: Mrs. Flor ence Schultz, special, $2,050; Mrs. Harry Petersen, kinder garten (four-fifths time), $1,660. This dramatic photograph of the O'Neill photographer. John H. McCarville. Onlookers Livestock Market fire was snapped during the are silhouetted in the foreground, height of the blaze by The Frontier's staff Next day the blase was still smouldering. Origin of the fire is unknown. Only the pa vilion (which housed the firm's office) was destroyed, pens, sheds and a nearby cafe were saved. Firemen battled the blaze for 3'/a hours. —The Frontier Photo. COLLINS SALE TOPS CALENDAR Machinery Auction To Be ‘Biggest Ever’; 5 Farm Sales Listed Probably one of the biggest nu-hinery auctions ever to be •dd in Northeast Nebraska will ' staged here Saturday, Feb ’Trv 25, on the east outskirts O’Neill under the sponsorship of Llovd Collins Implements, O’Neill. This huge machinery auction ps the 6 sales listed this week i The Frontier’s sale calendar. Mr. Collins says the sale will ? held rain, snow or shine on e sale date. There have been 30 new and u ;ed tractors lined up for this auction and a complete descrip tion of listings will be found on pages 18 and 19 in a big, double page advertisement in this is sue. Sale is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p. m.. south of the Seger service station in East O’Neill. Mr. Collins says the sale has all the earmarks of being “bigger and better” than a similar auc tion that was held last Novem ber. “The public has demanded another of these huge new and used machinery auctions,” Col lins said as final preparations were completed Wednesday. Col Ed Thorm. or onamDers, and Col. Clifford Nelson, of Oakland, are auctioneers and the O’Neill National bank will clerk. Other sales on the Frontier’s sale calendar are: Friday, February 24: Verle David will hold a public sale of personal property. He lives 2 mies north and 2 4 miles east of Chambers or 14 miles south and 2 west and another mile south and west of O’Neill. He will hold a public sale of person al property, including 6 head of cattle, some farm machinery, 1,300 bushes of ear corn, 4 doz en mixed laying hens. The sale will start at 1 p. m. Col. Ed Thorin, of Chambers, will be the auctioneer, and Leo T. Ad ams, of Chambers, will clerk. Friday, February 24: Col. Wallace O’Connell, of O’Neill, will auction the personal proper- j ty of the John Krohn estate, lo cated 3 miles northeast of O - J Neill. Included will be 25 head (Continued on page 5) [ Mullen Files For Treasurer James Mullen, of O’Neill, a I Democrat, filed this week for ! the post of county treasurer in | the coming August primary ! elections. Mullen was the only one who | filed for a county post this week, according to County Clerk Ruth Hoffman. J. Ed Hancock, Republican in cumbent treasurer, filed earlier for the post. The number of persons who have thus far posted fees for the coming primary election now stands at 24. O’Neill Firms To Stage Bargain Days _ O’Neill merchants Saturday, February 25, are participating together in another bargain fes tival known as Bargain Days. The bargains will be good for Saturday only and the bargains are bigger than ever before! Consult page 4 of this issue for a guide to best bargains. Because of the fire (see other story elsewhere on page) at the O’Neill Livestock Market, The Frontier has foregone its regu lar weekly run of star specials. SPENCER FOUNDER DIES IN OMAHA Henrietta Alida Woods, 90, And Husband Among Firstcomers SPENCER — Mis. Henrietta Alida Woods, 90, who with her late husband, James T Woods, had the honor of heping found the town of Spencer, died Wed nesday, February 15, in Omaha. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p. m. at the Jones funeral home, The pall bearers were G. E. Couch, Vac Sedivy, Paul Woidneck, Joseph Fiala, Joseph Nemec and Dr. J. M. Pucelik, The late Mrs. Woods was born in DeKalk, II., on March 19, 1859. When a young girl she moved with her parents to Cape Cod, Mass. From there she re turned west, settling at Madel ia, Minn., where her parents were among the earliest settlers. They came to Spencer and helped establish the town. One of her sons founded the Spencer National bank. Survivors include: Son—Lynn A. Woods, of Omaha. — Urger Pavilion Will B« Built on Old Site; Sales Are Interrupted Volumes firemen battled for 3 Vi hours a blaze of undeterm nngVn- that destr®ycd the O Neill Livestock Market Flames broke shortly before 11 p. m. Saturday and in a short time flames enveloped the frame structure. Loss was variously estimated from. 10- to 15-thousand dollars, and it is partially covered by insurance. There will be no sale in O' Neill today (Thursday) but the regular Thursday auction is expected to be resumed a week from today—Thursday. March 2. according to Leigh and Verne Reynoldson, the co-managers. (Details will ba announced on the regular "Voice of The Frontier" ra dio programs.) Meanwhile, workmen are clearing away the debris in preparation for construction and temporary sale arrangements. A special meeting of the O’ Neill Civic club, owners of the market, was held Monday night. A committee was appointed to inspect other pavilions and make plans for a new, enlarged arena. Cochairmen of the com mittee are C. J. Gatz and J. Leo Moore. Other members are H. L. Lindberg, M. J. Diehlman, H. J. Lohaus, C. E. Lundgren (al ternate). Already they have in spected several pavilions in cluding Atkinson’s. Physical construction of the new plant will begin in “just a few days,” spokesmen said. No one was injured and no livestock was lost as a result of the fire. Several hours earlier the pavilion had been the scene of tne annual spring show and sale of the Holt County Here f n r d Breeders’ association, which attracted about 1,200 persons. O’Neill volunteer firemen battled the flames for 3 Mi hours in early morning frigid temper atures. The structure, firemen reported, was halfway destroy ed when they arrived shortly after 11 p m. Fire Chief G. & (“Hap”) Miles said the fire or iginated in a shed over the scales on the south side of the frame structure. He believed faulty electrical wiring or a dis carded cigar or eigaret could have c. used the fire. Charles Fox. jr.. 22. of O' Neill, turned in the alarm at 11 p. m. after he saw the blaze from hiqhway 20. about a mile east of the pavilion. Fox said, “The flames had reached 8 to 10 feet high’’ and added he thought the fire had been raging approximately 20 minutes when he discovered it. Miles said the fire department run a big hose to the Burlington railroad turntable house, about a quarter of a mile north, for an increased supply of water to aid in battling the blaze. This, he said, was the only thing which saved a cafe located 40 feet northeast of the burning pavil ion. Pens immediately south of the sale barn were slightly dam aged Verne and Leigh Reynoldson, lessors of the pavilion, said Sunday between 25 and 30 head of livestock were in the pens at the time of the fire. Ten were registered Herefords left there Saturday after the sale. All es caped unscratched. (Continued on page 5) George Rowse, of Chambers, (right), is re ceiving a silver loving cup from President Mel vin Ruzicka of the O'Neill Chamber of Com merce for showing the grand champion bull in the annual Hereford show and sale here. Ru wjmmm m amwm zicka helps Rowso suspend the cup and Chuck Apgar is describing the proceedings for the "Voice of The Frontier's" radio audience. Pro gram was recorded and played-back. Prise winning pair is shown at right.—Frontier photo*