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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1951)
16 PAGES —2 SECTIONS • North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper — ■ A.. ■■■—■ —' - —- - ■- __ VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 24. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1951. PAGE 9. Lease Sales Go, Smoothly Here i . >_— Auction Is Conducted Without An Incident Sale of Holt county school land leases went as scheduled on Fri day, Saturday and Monday, Octo ber 12, 13 and 15. And the sales were conducted without incident. In only 2 instances did current lessees fail to be the highest bid ders. L. D. Putnam outbid Dewey C. Shaffer on a section of pas ture land south of O'Neill, run , ning the price to $2,500. Guy and Dorothy Pinkerman were highest bidders on a 160-acre parcel previously held by C. L. and L. W. Brady, near Dorsey. Through the Holt County School Land Leaseholders’ asso ciation, the county had been a leader in opposition to the state’s handling of the leases. Because of a recent ruling by the state supreme court, which in validates nearly 200 Holt leases that have been issued since 1947, feeling had been running high here. Asst. Atty.-Gen. Robert Nelson, of Lincoln, accompanied 2 repre sentatives of the state board of educational lands and funds, Rob ert Hiatt and Otto Heigiler. The bidding was competitive, though not highly competitive. ' Two leases were sold involving improved 160-acre tracts. One of these leases had been held by Joy and Bessie Greenfield, of Stuart, the lease having been in the Greenfield family about 45 years. Greenfields were successful bid ders for $500. Their 160-acre school land has an assessed valua tion of little more than $2,500 for which they pay 6 per cent rent, or about $172 per year. Another improved 160-acres has been held by Vernon E. and Darlene Heyne, near Stuart. The present lessees were successful with a $500 bid. The Heyne yearly rental has been $160.50; the valuation, for tax purposes, about $2,500. Waller Welsh, of Emmet, paid $500 for an unimproved 80-acre a lease for 12 years, which ap peared to be a little high. Wil liam O'Connor, of Emmet, paid $100 for a 12-year lease on a 40 acre tract of pasture. This was the smallest parcel put on the auction block that day. Other successful bidders Friday were Roy and Ross Rees, John Claussen, Leo Burival. The Rees bid of $1,500 caime about in an unuhual manner. The first bid, by Max Wanser, was for $50. The Rees brother, one of whom lives at Ewing, the other at Norfolk, countered with a $100 bid. There was no further bid ding so the state officials, who were in charge, ordered a recess. During the recess several of the state men conferred with the k Rees brothers, including the assis tant attorney general. When sell ing was resumed, the Rees broth ers shot their bid on the full sec tion of pasture land, down in the Goose lake country, up to $1,500. Many observers thought the latter bid fair enough and assumed that this bid would have no difficulty in being readily confirmed. There were sidelights on the selling here Friday. During the morning the state salesmen, Heigiler and Haiit, seemed to adopt the policy of starting the bidding at $500. This accounted for Welsh's bid of $500 for 80 acres of common pasture land. Finally, a spectator asked pointedly if bids would be ac cepted for less than $500. The reply was that they would—and from that point on bids began t at a lower figure. On another occasion, the auc (Continued on page 8.) Heavy Downpour Causes Flooding # A Saturday afternoon down pour, unseasonal for October, sent water rushing down O’Neill streets. In so^ne instances the gutters and storm sewers were unable to accommodate the run off- , „ Water was several inches deep in the business offices of the J. B. Ryan Hay company on South Fourth street. Many of the city’s graveled streets were badly washed and debris was left on the paved streets. v Autumnal winds have charac terized the weather during most of the past 7 days. Early Wednes day the mercury dropped to 30 degrees Compicking is getting under way. Many farmers are feed ing corn that was damaged by the first freeze. Saturday’s rain was heaviest in Holt county. There were intermit tent showers earlier in the day. Week’s summary, based on 24 hour periods ending at 6 p.m. daily, follows: Date . Hi Lo Prec. October 10_ 82 46 October 11_ 73 44 October 12_ 78 39 October 13_ 68 56 October 14_ 72 45 2.38 October 15 - 62 42 t October 16 - 55 30 Bronze Star to O’Neill Soldier Sgt. Edwin C. (“Bud”) Hansen has received the bronze star med al for meritorious service in ov erseas combat. The citation was issued while Hansen was on a 30-day leave visiting in the O’ Neill and Atkinson .communities. His mother is Mrs. Mary Han sen, who resides in northeast O’ Neill. His father was the late Peter Hansen. The citation reads: “AWARD OF THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL—By direction of the President, under the provi sions of Executive Order 9419, 4 February 1944 (Sec II WD Bui 3. 1944), and pursuant to author ity contained in AR 600-45, the Bronze Star Medal with “V” De vice for heroic achievement in connection with military opera tions against an enemy of the —The Frontier Engraving Sergeant Hansen . . . re mains at post despite heavy enemy fire. United States is awarded to the Sergeant Edwin C. Hansen (then private first-class) RA17271051, Infantry, United States army, company B, 8th cgvalry regiment, 1st cavalry division, for heroism in action against the enemy on 1 November 1950, near Pusan, Korea. “When strong enemy forces launched a vicious counterattack against the hill positions of com pany B, the friendly troops re ceived orders to withdraw to a ridgeline. Realizing the necessity for covering fire, Sergeant Han sen. with three comrades, volun teered to remain behind and cover the movement with a 57mm recoiless rifle. He remained at his post, despite heavy small arms fire and mortar shelling, and fired point blank at the grouped Chinese who were threatening to overrun the company positions. Through his action of delaying the enemy attack, the majority of the unit was able to withdraw to more tenable positions. “Sergeant Hansen’s heroic ac tion reflects great credit on him self and the military service. En tered federal service from Ne braska.” Bud was in three major bat tles and one amphibious landing while in Korea. O’Neill Band Will Go to Wayne The O’Neill Municipal band, composed af music students from both O’Neill public school and St. Mapr’s academy, will parti cipate in band day activities at the Wayne State Teachers college campus on Saturday, October 20. Last year the band made a trip to Lincoln to band dgy activ ities at the University of Ne braska. The musicians and their direc tor, Charles C. Houser, will trav el ]n chartered busses. The musicians will witness a j Wayne State football game. O’Neill Firemen to State Convention Four O’Neill firemen this week attended the annual state fire- i men’s convention held at Norfolk, j They were: Luther Schulz, ! Robert Davidson, William Gatz | and Chet Calkins. , G. E. Miles, O’Neill chief, was elected second vice-president of the state organization. Former Page Resident Dies PAGE—Henry F. Rakow, a for mer Page resident, died Monday, October 15, at Portland, Ore. The body will be shipped to O’ Neill and Biglin Bros, will have charge of funeral arrangements at Page. The arrangements are not yet completed. The late Mr. Rakow is survived by 4 sons and 2 daughters. Clearwater Visitor At Pruden Home— Miss Hazel Liggett, of Clear water, was a weekend visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Os car Pruden. • ' —The Frontier I'hoto & Engraving Charles Mahony, father of 12. and Janies W. Rooney ... a real hardship if Mahony has to pay any more. * * * + + + Lease Can Prove Hardship for Mahony Voung Irish Farmer, Father of 12, in Tough Spot Sale of the first group of Holt county school land leases went without incident. There was a [one example of highly competi tive bidding out of the 18 parcels sold. But any competitive bidding at ill would work a real hardship in Charles Mahony, a hard working young Irishman, father of 12 children, who is the holder of one of the leases to be sold sometime between now and ear ly 1952. Leaders of the Holt County School Land Leaseholders’ asso ciation cite his case as an exam ple of “real hardship’’ that can result fyom the sale of many of the leases in this area. The association is fighting sale of the leases by the state board of educational lands and funds. Said Jim Rooney, of O’Neill, secretary of the association: “The financial loss to many of the lessees can set them back for years. It seems to us the state is 1 being very unfair to the people who bought thetf leases fully confident they could keep them.” The young Irishman with the large family is 39 - years - old, a native of Boone county. He attended Cedar Rapids high school 2 years. For 6 years he was a renter on school land 25 miles south of O’ Neill on the Wheeler county line. The leaseholder for nearly 40 years was Pat Boyle. Follow ing Mr. Boyle’s death the lease was held in his estate. Last January Mr. Mahony bought the lease from the estate mmmsms.'- limn— for $1,500. Improvements, includ ing house and barn, cost $5,500. Annual rent on the leased land, based on 6 percent of its apprais ed value, is $427. Mr. Mahony sold part of his cattle, trimming his herd to 43, to pay $4,500 of the 7 thousand dollars he owed the estate. He is financing the remainder. There' are 360 acres in the lease (actually 2 leases on 40 and 320 acres, respectively). Holt county is mostly hayland and Mr. Mahony’s leased land is no exception. He has 30 acres sowed to red clover and timothy. (Continued on Page 8) NONAGENARIAN DIES AT CHAMBERS Vlrs. Anna M. Brown, 93, a Holt Resident Since 1881 CHAMBERS— Mrs. Anna M. 3rown, 93, one of Holt county’s Jldest residents, died about 3:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, at ler home in Chambers. Funeral arrangements were not :ompleted late Wednesday. Rites will be held in St. Paul’s Luth ran church at Chambers, proba bly Saturday or Sunday. The late Mrs. Brown was born n Hanover, Germany, on March 16, 1858. Sh^ came to the U.S. as a small child, living for a time at Salena, 111., before coming to Holt county about 1881. She was married in Minnesota in 1877 to the late Charles Brown. They became the parents of 3 sons and 6 daughters. One daughter, Anna Serek, preceded her in death. Survivors include: Sons—Pet er J., Charles W. and John H„ all of Chambers: daughters—Mrs. Carl (Mary) Neimand, of Cham bers; Mrs. Lee (Minnie) Hower ton, of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Cas per W. (Lena) Harley, of Stu art; Mrs. Ross (Louise) Sigler, of Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Wil liam (Ella) Jutte. of Chambers. She was a member of the Lutheran church. The body is at Biglin Bros., O'Neill. Plan Masquerade Party October 31— Simonson post 93, of the Am erican Legion, has scheduled a masquerade ball on Hallowe’en, Tuesday, October 30, at the Le gion auditorium. Post Commander John Stuif bergen said Bob Calume’s orches tra had been signed. —The Frontier engraving Very Rev. Carl Reinert, S.J., Creighton "U" head, addresses O'Neill Knights of Columbus. (Story on page 5.) Otto Heigiler (with paper), representative of state, is selling school land leases at Holt county I mm M wmm —The Frontier Photo & Engraving courthouse. Affair was quiet; several children slept. ERNEST ADAMS, 53, BARBER, SUCCUMBS Native of Amelia Dies in Norfolk Hospital; Asthma Victim Funeral rites were conducted in St. Patrick’s Catholic church here Monday for Ernest Albert Adams, 53, who died Friday, Oc tober 13. in a Norfolk hospital. He had been an asthma sufferer for several years and had been seriously ill for about 6 months. Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan, church pastor, officiated and burial was in a family plot in Calvary cemetery under direc tion of Bi/lin Bros. Pallbearers were: Dean Street er and Henry Murray, both of O’Neill; Edgar Peterson, Howard Berry, Blake Ott and Beryl Wal do, all of Amelia. The late Mr. Adams was born at Amelia December 12, 1897, a son of Rudclph and Theresa Ernst Adams. He was a barber and he worked at the YMCA barber shop in Lin coln for 30 years. He frequently worked short periods at the Dean Streeter barber shop in O’Neill. Survivors include: Brother — Floyd Adams, of Amelia; and a sister—Mrs. Thomas (Margaret) Murray, of O’Neill. O’Neill Man Renamed Kaycee Secretary Nebraska Knights of Columbus delegates met here Sunday at 2 p.m. and elected state officers. They are: Cyrif Shaughnessy, of St. Paul, state deputy; Rt. Rev. Leo Keat ing, of Grand Island, chaplain; John F. Kerrigan, of Fremont, advocate: Laurence Weides, of Lexington, treasurer; George M. Ponton, of Elgin, warden, and George McCarthy, of O’Neill, secretary. HANNAH DONOHOE DIES AT NORFOLK Funeral Rites Friday for Pioneer Holt Resident Mrs. Hannah Donohoe, 81, who had been a Holt county resident since she was a 12-year-old child, died early Wednesday, October lj, in Our Lady of Lourdes hos pit.il at Norfolk. She had been a patient there since September Mrs. Donohoe had been in ill health the past few months. She had been hospitalized at Lynch prior to entering the Norfolk hospital. Funeral services will be con ducted at 9 a.m. on Friday, October 19, at St. Patrick's Catholic church with Very Rev. Timothy O'Sullivan, church pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Calvary cem etery in the family plot under the direction of Biglin Bros. A rosary will be offered to night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock at the Donohoe farm home, 6 mile* north of O’Neill. The late Hannah Morrison was born April 21, 1870, at Danville, III., a daughter of the late Phillip and Mary Rumley Morrison, who were immigrants from County Cork, Ireland. She came to Holt county with her parents in 1882. In September, 1904, she mar ried Peter Donohoe. They be came the parents of 2 sons. The late Mrs. Donohoe lived continuously in the north of O' Neill community and was a mem ber of St. Patrick’s Catholic church. Survivors include: Sons—Peter and Robert, both of O’Neill; sis ters — Mrs. Daniel Cronin, of Omaha; Mrs. Julia Brennan, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. William (Elizabeth) Fallon, of Gregory, S.D. Tentative pallbearers are John Murray. Frank Murray, Joseph Neckolite, T. J. Donohoe, H. E Coyne. Edward M. Gallagher. Fred Brgdehoeft and Herbert Jansen. Her husband. Peter, died Janu ary 31, 1922. Cantlon Buys Store at Oxford Gene Cantlon, manager of Gam bles store here since August, 1947, when the 3 Vi-story com pany-owned store was opened, will leave Friday for Oxford. He has purchased a dealer-owned store there. Cantlon’s successor will be Burl Munson, of Wayne, a vet eran of several years with Gam ble-Skogma, Inc. He has been managing the Wayne store for a yrar. Munson, who is married, has 2 sons, 12 and 2Vi. The Munson family will occupy the residence being vacated bv the Cantlons, 614 Clay street, owned by Miss Mary Horiskey. Mr. Munson it scheduled to arrive here tod t (Thursday). Cantlon came to O’Neill from Aberdeen, S.D., where he had been an assistant store manager. He has a wife and 2 children, Gary, 4Vi, and Janet, 2Vi. Oxford is in an irrigated valley between Holdrege and McCook. Bible Professor to O'Neill Pulpit— Rev. Edw. Trefz, professor of Bible at Hastings college, will conduct the service in the Pres bvterian church on Sunday, Oc tober 21, at 11 a.m. Reverend Trefz will have charge of the services at the Presbyterian church until a new nastor is elected. Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Gerber and familv Wednesday moved from O’Neill to Lexington, where Reverend Gerber will serve ar Presbyterian pastor. 10 Receive Preinduction Physical Exams— Ten Holt county selective ser vice registrants left O’Neill Wed nesday for their preinduction physical examinations. They were: Raymond R. Revell, Donald D Miner and Steven S. Turay, all of O’Neill: Lou Gene Living ston. Donald E. Raymer, Harold Miller. Raymond Dobias and Rob ert J Mack, all of Atkinson; Ray mond E. Pettijohn, of Stuart, and Keith Kennedy, of Page. TRUCK UPSETS ATKINSON—A tractor-trailer outfit driven by Bill McConce, of Dallas, S.D., upset early Wednes day on a curve near the Galyen Motor Co., on the southeast out skirts of Atkinson. No one was in jured. The cattle, unhurt, ran wild.
