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VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 24. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1951. PAGE 9.
Lease Sales Go,
Smoothly Here
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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—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.