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VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 9~O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 5. 1951. " PRICE 7 CENTS
Ruth Young, 8ih grade pupil, points out rugged weeds that
were beheaded during Monday's hail storm. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Orton Young, of Opportunity, whose farm was
hard hit. (Story in column 7.)—The Frontier Photo 8i Engraving.
$3/4-MILLION AG
INCREASE POSSIBLE
65 Holt Farmers Take
Part in Conservation
Discussions
Sixty-five farmers and 3 busi
nessmen attended the meeting at
the O’Neill school last Thursday
night, to which they were invit
ed from all parts of Holt county
by the O’Neill Chamber of Com
merce. William McIntosh, vice
president of iiie C’Neill Cham
ber, presided.
The theme of the meeting was
increased agricultural income for
Holt county, and was developed
by Fred O’Hair, executive direct
or of the Nebraska Conservation
Foundation, Omaha. He stressed
utilizing the modern know-how
available through recommended
soil conservation practices in or
der to bring about increased ag
income.
Mr. O’Hair explained that the
Foundation which he represents
was established by bankers anc'
business executives of Nebraska
to lend their efforts in furthering
the adoption of conservation
practices. A majority of the banks
of the state are members and
these institutions are sponsoring
1 community development pro
"grams at the local level because
they hold the belief that conser
vation is the best way to meet
fine economic squeeze on the
farmer, by reducing costs and as
suring a maintenance of contin
ued production.
"Surveys made recently in
the plains slates prove that in
creases in production of farm
commodities can average about
50 percent without increased
land or equipment," Mr. O'
Hair staled.
“Some operators are making as
much as 100 percent increases.
Since land use is the key to con
servation and since there is little
additional productive land avail
able, it follows that good soil
management, with crop rotations,
balanced livestock programs, ero
sion control, fertility restoration
and the use of grasses and le
gumes for cheaper feed can all
be converted into profit for the
producer.”
Citing figures for Holt countv,
Mr. O’Hair pointed out lhat an
average increase of only 10 per
cent above the production for
1950 would bring into the county
from three-quarters of a million
to a million dollars new money,
most of which it was assumed
would pass through the hands of
local business houses.
“Holt county,” he said, “can
take pride in the fact that its
livestock men are utilizing their
land to better advantage than
other areas of northern Nebras
ka. On the average, this county
used 11 acres of land per head of
k cattle, a higher ratio than ad
joining counties. The c o u n t y
ranks third in the state in num
ber of cattle, and fourth in num
ber of milk cows, but the dollar
return per milk cow is low.”
“With an average incyme of So
per acre per year for all farm and
ranch land in the county, an in
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Honeycutt
and son. of Omaha, visited Mrs.
Mabel Gatz Sunday on their way
to Wyoming. They expect to re
turn here this weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sul
livan, jr., and son, of Norfolk,
visited his parents, the senior
Sullivans, Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Harold R. Williamson and
I children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Beckwith on Wednesday,
June 27.
Bees vs. Hammond;
Bees Quit, Takeoff
George Hammond, “Voice of
The Frontier” announcer, told
his Saturday listeners (WJAG,
780 k.c., 9:45 a.m.) that a swarm
of bees—10,622 to be exact—
had descended at his place. He
appealed to the bee-catchers
to come and get ’em.
Before he had finished his 15
minute broadcast there were
claimants rapping at his front
,door.
But while they (2 men) were
surveying the situation and
gathering their paraphernalia
the “miniature B - 29’s”, as
George called them, “revved up
their motors and tookoff.”
For Hammond: (1) A triumph
over the bees; (2) satisfaction
that “Voice of The Frontier”
advertising produces amazing
results.
Fractured Hip,
Shoulders Fatal
DELOIT — “Grandma” Sarah
Fuller, 87, well-known resident of
this community who fell recently
and suffered a fracture of both
shoulders and a hip, died Friday,
June 29," in a Tilden hospital.
She suffered injuries in a fall
a week earlier at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Sidney Anderson, :
southwest of Clearwater in the
Park Center community.
Survivors include: 8 children,
several grandchildren and great- 1
grandchildren. <
She had lived in the Clearwa- 1
ter vicinity about 45 years. <
Funeral services were held on I
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Fair- i
view church, 12 miles southwest i
of Clearwater. 1
Tax Collections !
Exceed $1,122,089 j
- r
Holt County Treasurer J. Ed l ^
Hancock this week reported total ^
tax collections in his office be- ^
tween July 1, 1950, and June 30, '■
1951, at $1,122,089.57. .
All miscellaneous collections !
totaled an additional $581,394.16. 1
The balance in the county trea- .
sury on July 1, 1950, was $574,- !,
435.07; disbursements during the J
12-month period totaled 81,638,- v
481.74. I
The balance on July 1, 1951,
was $639,437.06, Hancock said.
Child, 2, Dies from
Electric Shock
Claudia Hall, 2, great - grand
daughter of Mrs. R. R. Morrison
and Mrs. James Davidson, was
electrocuted by accident during
the weekend.
Details of the child’s death
were not available at the time of
publication.
Little Claudia was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hall, of
Waco, Tex. Her mother is the for
mer Elizabeth Davidson.
TO PRESS EARLY
Some late news and advertis
ing unavoidably is omitted from
this issue of The Frontier, which
went to press late Tuesday — a
day earlier than usual. This is
sue is circulating in most towns |
in the O’Neill region on Wed- »
nesday morning instead o f <
Thursday morning and on all I
star routes.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mat- V
em, formerly of Lincoln, are ;
newcomers to O’Neill. Mr. Ma
tern is employed by the O’Neill
Production Credit association.
They arrived Sunday.
Hail Inflicts Heavy Damage
LEGION FURTHERS
FESTIVAL PLANS
National Air Shows Will
Bring Topflight
Stunt Pilots
Plans for the third annual Si
monson post 93, American Legion
sponsored O’Neill celebration
were being completed this week.
Dates are Saturday and Sunday,
July 14 and 15.
Top attractions will include a
mammoth parade and an exhibi
tion by the National Air Shows,
of Columbus, O.
Negotiations with National
were completed late Wednesday
night, June 27, after last week’s
issue of The Frontier was off the
press. The air show will take
place Sunday afternoon—the sec
ond day of the celebration.
Legion officials expressed
themselves as being fortunate
in making a date with National,
which is considered the fore
most aerial acrobatic outfit in
the country.
The air troupe will feature Rod
Jocelyn, 4950 - ’51 international
aerobatic champion: Bill Sweet,
America’s No. 1 aviation sport
ing events announcer (Sill Bweet,
of Jack Mosley’s “Smilin’ Jack’’
comic strip); Red Grant, who will
do a 10,000-foot bat wing para
chute jump; Joe Spook, who does
comedybatics; and others. Also
included will be a 1,000 - foot
watch drop.
Grant makes his living the hard
way. Besides being an expert
jumper, Red dangles from a rope
ladder and makes the car-to
plane change.
Already 50 firms have signified
plans for entering a float in the
traditional parade.
There will be baseball games
both afternoons and a dance at
the Legion auditorium each
evening.
A carnival will be in progress
throughout the celebration and
will feature free rides for the
kiddies.
A Legion spokesman explained
that the air show will be of an
educational nature as well as
thrilling and entertaining.
The National troupe is current
ly being featured on television
and their aerial antics have been
used for newsreels and movie
shorts.
Float entries already pledged
include: Legion club, Corkle
Hatchery, Jacobson’s, Coyne
Hardware, Meyer Construction
Co., Gambles, Jonas Furniture,
Wm. Krotter Co., Lohaus Motor
Co., Asimus Kaiser-Frazer, J. V.
Motor Co., Lloyd Collins Imple
ments, Harry R. Smith Imple
ments, Marcellus Implements.
Fetrow Repair Shop, Earley Oil
Co., Don’s Bar, Benson’s Tavern,
Matt Hynes Tavern, Knight May
tag, Midwest Furniture, McIntosh
Jewelry, Gillespie Radio, Shel
hamer Oil Co., New Outlaw Gro
cery, Town House, Spelts - Ray
Lumber Co., J. C. Penney, REA,
Nu-Way Cafe, Myrt’s Cafe.
Neighborhood Grocery, O’Neill r
Auto Supply, O’Neill Livestock ,
Market, Tri - State Produce and n
O’Neill Flower Shop. 1 .
Complete details will be found .
in the July 12 issue of The Fron- I
tier. 1
This is the third successive fes- .
tival sponsored by the Legion, i J
The first — in 1949 — coincided'^
with The Frontier’s 64-page dia- j ^
mond jubilee edition. I f
Your hair will tingle when you witness the
precision inverted ribbon pickup during the
National Air Shows exhibition at the Municipal
airport in connection with the forthcoming Am
erican Legion - sponsored O'Neill celebration.
Photo shows Rod Jocelyn, 1950-'51 international
champion stunt pilot, going through the act.—
The Frontier Engraving from a magazine clip
ping.
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Series on New
Homes Begins
The Frontier this issue in
augurates another new, exclu
sive feature.
One or more homes built in
the post-World War II era by
O’Neill residents will be fea
tured in a series of photo
graphs.
Contributions of good, sharp
photographs of new homes are
solicited plus a brief descrip
tion of the homes. If you are
undecided about the merit of a
snapshot you should also sub
mit the negative. In instances
where no pictures have been
taken, special arrangements
can be made with The Frontier
for the picture to be taken.
On this week’s picture page
(turn to page 6) you will see
photographs of the new Harold
E. Weier and Frank Clements
residences.
All engravings will be pro
duced by the Fairchild Scana
graver process with which The
Frontier now makes all its own
pictures.
BARN BURNS
PAGE — The barn on the Roy
Cellars farm northeast of Page
turned to the ground Thursday,
’he fire was of unknown origin,
/larian Parks and family are the
enants on the farm.
The Verne Reynoldsons and
amily went to Albion Saturday,
fr. Reynoldson returned but his
yife and children remained for a
ew days.
PLANS PROCEED
ON BASIN MEET
Although Secretary of Interior
Oscar Chapman, who was origi
nally billed as the principal
speaker, will not be present for
the annual meeting of the Nio
brara Basin Development associa
tion on July 17, plans for the
meeting are being completed and
the sessions will proceed as
scheduled.
Chapman earlier had indi
cated to the association presi
dent, E. A. House, of Ains
worth. that he would be at the
O'Neill gathering.
President Truman’s interior de
partment head advised House, J.
E. Davis, O’Neill mayor, and
James W. Rooney, secretarv of
the O’Neill Chamber of Com
merce, that he “regretted” that j
other developments forced him to 1
cancel his plans for coming to O'
Neill.
Doctor Delayed
Enroute to Operate —
Dr. George P. Salter, a Nor
folk surgeon, was delayed brief
ly early Friday enroute to the J
O’Neill hospital where he was
to perform surgery.
The car in which he and a
companion were driving collid
ed with a truck driven by An
dy Schacht on the east edge of
the city. c
No one was injured.
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Janet Young, 4, stands in family garden
which was thriving only a few hours before.
Pea plants were knee high before the hail I
came. (Story in column 7.)—The Frontier Photo
& Engraving.
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Bill Sweet . . . America's No.
1 aviation sporting event an
nouncer. — The Frontier En
graving.
Low Bidders on
Highway Jobs Told
The Nebraska state highway
department Friday announced
low bidders on 1 •/fc-million-dol
lars of road work in construction
and maintenance funds.
The construction projects in
the O’Neill region include:
Ewing - Neligh, Holt - Ante
lope, 10.3, armor coat, Lee and
Johnson, $9,838.
Butte-Bristow and Butte north,
Boyd, 13.8, bituminous imat, Wer
ner and son, Clay Center, $110,
020.
Stuart-O’Neill, Holt, 12.3 ar
mor coat, Lee and Johnson, $4,
367.
Before the resurfacing begins
on the 13.8 miles of bituminous
resurfacing in Boyd county, the
foundation of the roadbed will be
rebuilt in places where the high
way has deteriorated under hea
vy traffic. Work will also be
done to improve the shoulders be
side the highway at some loca
tions.
A new bituminous mat and
armor coaling will be laid
down over all of the 13.8 miles
of road. Werner will supply
and use more than 21-thousand
cubic yards of sand and 342- j
thousand gallons of asphaltic
oil for the project.
There was no bid on a 4.5 ar
mor coat job in Cherry county
between Valentine and Thed
ford.
Try Frontier want advs, for
quick results!
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Northeast Holt Is
Hard Hit by
Storm
Northeast Holt county was
hard hit about 3:30 D.m., Monday,
July 2, by a hail storm that in
flicted spotty damage over a
wide territory.
Generally the devastated
area is north and east of O'
Neill, although hail was report
ed north of Atkinson and south
of O'Neill.
The north section of the city of
O’Neill received only a trace of
hail.
North of O’Neill in the Eagle
creek country a heavy downpour
of rain preceded the hail. Near
Opportunity the tables were re
versed. Hail stones as large as
hens’ eggs beat down ahead of
the rain and sent people, live
stock and poultry scurrying for
shelter.
Most storm losses reported lay
in a belt extending from a point
west of Midway to a point
about 2 miles east of Opportunity.
The storm path was 2-to-3 miles
in width.
The Orton Young place, near
Opportunity, suffered heavily.
Fifty-one turkeys out a flock of
200 were killed, some having
died from smothering. Numer
ous chickens were lost and the
family garden was pulverised.
Mrs. Young ventured out to
look after the poultry and was
obliged to invert a wash tub over
her head. She reported the enor
mous stones falling and bouncing
20 feet in the air off the roofs of
buildings.
The chickens that died there
became frightened indoors and
rushed out into the yard. Some
died under trees. ,
On the Dave Nelson farm, a
cross the road north, this season’s
oats crop in an 80-acre field was
nearly 100 percent destroved. The
place was farmed by Phillip Lee
, and it is his first season.
Thomas Zakrzewski said his
oats and wheat were virtually
destroyed—the third time in 11
years.
Some pigs on the Zakrzewski
home place suffered broken
backs. Others were crippled.
Levi Yantzie lost all of his
barley and some oats. He said he
had no insurance. A field of sec- ■
ond cut alfalfa looked flat and
useless after the storm, but ear
ly Tuesday it appeared it would
partially recover.
The Yantzies lost 40 to 50
chickens. Harry Lansworth re
ported the loss of several small
pigs.
Neighbors in the vicinity said
some of the calves were perma
nently blinded by the ice pellets.
Yantzie estimated at least a
thousand chickens in that locality
perished in the storm.
Several motorists coming into
O’Neill from the north and north
east exhibited dented and badly
battered automobiles The roof on
a late model sedan driven by a
Coleridge farmer was depressed
in the center.
Thomas Zakrzewski said in
his fields holes were to be
found nearly an inch deep
where concentrated hail had
beaten vegetation into the
ground. Commonly seen were
trees half-naked.
Duration of the storm was a
bout 30 minutes. The ice linger
ed until after nightfall in many
fields.
Lawrence Dobrovolny reported
severe damage to shingles on the
farm buildings.
Sylvester Zakrzewski reported
damage to an automobile, build
ings and crops. The hail also
killed some chickens and injured
several pigs. Floyd Luber report
ed heavy hail damage to crops.
S. R. Robertson said his crop loss
would run 50 percent.
Loyal Howe, who had pur
chased a new Ford Tuesday at
1 p. m., reported that he arriv
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Huge REA Loan
Gets Approval
i
The Rural Electrification Ad
ministration in Washington, D.C,.
last week announced that it has
approved a $1,400,000 loan to
the Niobrara Valley Electric
Membership corporation, of O’
Neill.
The money is for system im
provements, expansion and for
the acquisition of the Chambers
Light & Power Co. facilities in
Chambers.
Flag Tourney
July Fourth—
A flag tournament was to have
been staged Wednesday, July 4,
at the Country club.
All members were invited to
participate.