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The Frontier VOL. LII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1932 No. 35

‘One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live with able men, and suffer all those pangs of inferiority which the want of knowledge always inflicts.”

RETRIAL OF BANKERS

Set for Monday TWO ARE SENTENCED H--

The Flannigans go to trial in dis- trict court next Monday. It will he a new trial on the same charges as

the former trial which resulted in a

jury disagreement of ten for convic- tion and two for acquittal. Out of this first trial came also contempt of court proceedings and convicition of three Holt county men on charges of attempting to bribe jurors.

The O’Neill attorney connected with the defense Tuesday notified Judge Dickson that he has withdrawn.

The jury in the Vivian Lang per- sonal injury case brought in a ver-

dict awarding plaintiff $15,045. A mo-

tion for a new tiral has been filed by defendants attorneys. Vivian Lange sustained injuries when her buggy was crashed into on the highway a

mile east of Atkinson by a car driven by Adolph J. Kubitschek. Kubitschek is represented in court by Attorney D. R. Mounts of Atkinson and the in- surance company carrying the liability by Story & Thomas of Omaha and J. D. Cronin of O’Neill. J. J. Har- rington is the plaintiff’s attorney.

The jury found Ray Angue not

guilty. Angue was one of the three charged with stealing and butchering a calf near Ewing last fall. Frank Morris, convicted by the jury on the same charge, was sentenced Monday by Judge Dickson to serve three years at hard labor in the penitentiary.

John H. Smith was found guilty by the jury on a charge of stealing chick- ens. The jury recommended clemency.! Judge Dickson sentenced him to eleven months in the penitentiary.

WOMAN’S CLUB PROGRAM

Program to be given under the auspices of the O’Neill Woman’s Club, at the Golden Hotel Dining Room, Wednesday evening January 27th, at 8:30: Selection for Two Pianos

Students of St. Mary’s Academy Vocal Solo Selected

Miss Ruth Kramer Piano Solfeggietto-Bach

Miss Roberta Arbuthnot Violin—Midnight Bells Kreisler

Ruth Oppen Vocal olo—A Brown Bird Singing _ Wood

Mrs. Agnes Paper and Demonstration—The Trend of Modern Music, by Mrs. Brennan.

a. Impromptu, First Movement Mrs. Brennan

b. Jazzaristrix Mrs. Jack Cromwell Artistic Dances—Duo Robert Biglin

Helen Reardon Solo Mary Joan Finley Piano—Prelude in C Sharp Minor

Rachmaninoff Mrs. Edward Gallagher

Vocal Solo Selected Mrs. Hereford

Selection for Two Pianos—Night in Venice Nevin

Miss Kramer, Miss Helen Toy Accompanists

Mrs. Reardon Miss Kramer Miss Rose Taylor

Program in charge of Mrs. C. B. Scott

Mr. Hickey Refutes Report A report seems to be prevalent over

the city that I have asked for and received aid from the relief car that was shipped to O’Neill. This I wish to deny. I have neither asked for or

received anything at any time. P. V. HICKEY.

St. Mary’s Defeats Spaulding Tuesday night St. Mary’s basket-

ball team won its fourth victory of the season from Spaulding Academy by the score of 16-8. Beha with six points was high man. The Spaulding second team beat the St. Mary’s mid- gets 15-13 in a curtain raiser.

HOME ITEMS

Mammoth Bronze Turkey Toms at

$4.00 each. — Bloke Benson, Maple Grove, Neb.

John Green returned to his home at Madison yesterday, after a breif busi- ness visit here.

The Altar Society of St. Patrick’s church will have a food sale at Grady’s store on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 23.

Mrs. Will Hammond went to Pueblo, Colo., last week expecting to return

today accompanied by her sister Miss Carlon.

Sheriff Duffy went to Lincoln yes-

terday with two prisoners in custody for consignment to penitentiary officials.

The vacant building north of the postoffice is being “worked over’’ for a bowling alley which Fred McNally will install and operate.

A benefit card party will be given at St. Mary’s gymnasium Thursday evening, January 28, at 8 o’clock. The party is sponsored by St. Mary’s Alumnae.

Thomas F. Donohoe arrived home from Rochester, Minn., Thursday afternoon. Mr. Donohoe went to Rochester to consult the doctors and received the clinic examination while there.

A bowling match between the Lions and Gun Club last Thursday resulted in a victory for the latter by one point. Out of a total of two thousand there was a difference of but one between the two teams.

The regular meeting of the O’Neill Woman’s Club will be held next Wed- nesday evening at the Golden hotel when an interesting program will be given. This program will be found elsewhere in this paper.

Sunday morning at 10:30 a chimney burning at the building just south of The Frontier building drew a crowd of spectators along with the fire de- partment. The fire was extinguished without loss to the building.

Treasurer Conklin is in receipt of a voucher from the state auditor for $9,208.38, which is the state appor- tionment for county schools. A check for that much money is a privilege to look at in these days of financial stringency.

There has been issued at the county treasurer’s office 900 automobile lic- ense plates the first twenty days of the month. Licenses average about S9. making $8,100 paid in for the privilege of operating cars and trucks on the streets and highways.

Spervisor Steinhauser of the Sixth district has filed as a candidate for re-election. Representative Slaymak-, er has filed as a candidate for that office again as has also Eza Cook of Chambers. These three comprise the filings in this county up to date.

Mrs. C. J. Malone entertained 12 young ladies on Monday evening at her home. Fancy work was the main attraction. The girls were embroid- ering many nice things. A lovely luncheon was served, after which they depart, having had an enjoyable evening.

Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, field nurse

and supervisor of the American Red Cros», arrived in O’NefiU Sunday, January 11th to be here a few days with Miss Perry the Red Cross nurse.

Miss Reynolds comes from the mid- western branch office of the Red Cross in St. Louis, Missouri.

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O’Neill Store.

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Contests Start for Mayor and Other City Offices

Mayor C. E. Stout is in the Held

for reelection at the city election

April 5. Mayor Stout has been elected

for three jiy^cessive terms and his

friends are early placing him in nom-

i ination for^a fourth term.

A petition' is being circulated to

place in nomination for the office of mayor Councilman L. G. Gillespie of the Third ward. Mr. Gillespie has

I been a member of the city council for several years, and his friends feel he is well qualified to fill the office of mayor.

Yesterday friends of .John Kersen- brock, the popular proprietor of the

• Sanitary Meat Market, started a

petition for him for mayor. Mr. Korsenbrock does not have a record of official service in O'Neill and may be regard as new material for the office of mayor.

A petition is out for Clarence Zim- merman for councilman from the Third. Clarence is an O’Neill boy, born in the Third ward and always lived there. He is one of the city tire department-

petitions are being circulated today for Ed Quinn for city clerk and L. E. Downey and George Shoemaker for members of the school board.

Petitions for city offices are re-

quired to be in the hands of the clerk thirty days before election.

W.P. Dailey of Emmet had business in the city yesterday.

The building of the O’Neill Battery Company was completely gutted by a fire Thursday morning at 11:15 o’clock. Considerable damage was done to the tools and equipment, most of

it being destroyed.

Mrs. William Froelich received word from her husband at Chicago Sat- urday last to come to Chicago and they would go on to Washington When preparations were all complete for her departure she received word again not to come and that Mr. Froe- lich would return to O’Neill before they went to Washington.

Donald Stannard departed Thurs- day last for Bakersfield. Cal., where he goes to perfect his studies in com-

mercial art. He has taken what in- struction he could get here and also some work in Chicago. He has a

brother and a sister living in Bakers- field which is an inducement to go to that city to continue his studies.

H. M. Summers, who carries the mail from Bartlett to Elgin, is not bluffed off his trips by bad roads. Roads being impassible the direct route, Mr. Summers gets his Uncle Sam’s mail through on the highways via O’Neill, thence to Neligh and south to Elgin—a total distance of 110 miles as against about .‘10 miles the direct route.

Ed Gatz, manager of the Council Oak Stores, tells us that the Tolerton and Warfield Company of Sioux City, owners of the Council Oak system of stores, is supplying ten tons of groc- eries to the drouth relief work being done in Cedar and Knox counties. This is being looked after by the district manager, E. J. Weber of Nor- folk.

The driver of an Antelope county car solved the problem of frozen wind- shield by attaching a lighted tallow candle to the glass in front of the steering wheel. Yesterday it was

difficult for car drivers to get around owing to the mist in the air, which quickly coated the windshields with ice. The candle did the business on

the Antelope county car.

The remains of William Coats were

brought herefrom Merriman for burial last Saturday. He was killed Wed- nesday of last week in attempting to board a freight train, planning to go to Hot Springs for medical care at the veterans hospital. He fell and was caught under the train. He leaves a family. Mrs. Coats, foremrly Myrtle Hoxie of O’Neill, with the children will make their home here.

One of the heavy glass doors at the McManus store was broken out last night, the store entered and some

merchandise taken. Mr. McManus had not given his stock a checking over this morning to see the extent of the robbery. The necktie rack was

stripped of all but one tie. Some ladie’s hand bags, beads and other jewelry were missing. About a year ago his store was broken into and $2,500 worth of clothing and other goods taken.

L. C. McKim received a letter from his son V'. Calvin McKim, who has been teaching the past two years at Texas A & M. V. C. McKim states in his letter that he is to be Professor of Geography at Ohio university next season. Professor McKim is a mem-

ber of the Board of Directors of the National Counsel of Geography Teach- ers. He will give a paper before the Southwest Social Science Association in March. The meeting of the S. S. A. is to be held in Dallas and has a mem-

bership of all of the Social Science teachers in colleges of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas Louisiana and New Mexico. Professor McKim made a trip to a meeting of geography teachers at Ypilaisti, Michigan during

Christmas vacation and says it was

a great meeting.

H. L. Dower of this city and Stella Fischer of Searles, Minn., were united in marriage at that place Thursday last. Mr. Dower returned with his bride to O’Neill Sunday. He is the genial assistant manager at the Arm- our plant, a young man of ability and enterprise. The bride comes here as a stranger but will find a welcome among O’Neill people. Friends of the groom here extend th reeihshrdlu f groom extend their hearty congratula- tions and well wishes.

The old time hitching post is gone but not forgotten. Maybe its going to be needed again. Just recently four outfits—wagons, sleds, horses and hay racks—were “parked” in The Front- ier’s back yard. And it’s a good place to leave horses for an hour or so, sheltered from the north and west breezes. Farmers are welcome to drive up and make the horses content and come in themselves and absorb the warmth from the fire.

Charles C. Leidy, age 87 years, died Wednesday at his home at Inman. The funeral was held at 1:30 this after- noon at the Methodist church at In- man. The family have been residents of that community for thirty-seven years. Deceased is survived by his j wife, a son Charles Leidy at Toledo, j Wash.,two daughters, Mrs. J. F. Fraka and Ella Leidy and a son Ralph M. Leidy, all of Inman. Ralph is in busi-! ness in O’Neill, running the O’Neill hatchery and a feed store, but mak-! ing his home at Inman.

A drainage bulletin for Nebraska, recently issued by the Bureau of the Census, containing State and county statistics, shows the organized drain- age enterprises in the State as cover-

ing 870,459 acres. Of this amount 833,511 acres comprised improved land; 8,031 acres, woodland; and 37, 917 acres, other unimproved land. There were 829,681 acres sufficiently well drained to raise a normal crop; 39,639 acres, fit for a partial crop; and 10,139 acres, unfit to raise a crop because of lack of drainage. Thei-e were 864,159 acres in occupied farms. 743,178 acres in planted crops, and 45,755 acres idle in these enterprises.

Approximately 2,500 chickens a

day are being received at the Armour plant. This is somewhat less than the daily run during the peak of the sea-

son of late autumn and early winter. The plant has branch stations in other town-s adjacent to this territory and extending over into South Dakota. These stations contribute to keeping up the daily supply of poultry which is handled at the plant here and pre- pared for market The plant has to till a standing order of a car load of the dressed product every week be- sides orders that are shipped out from time to time, the prosperity of the business being contingent upon the volume of the turn over. The plant here has encouraged the development of a large poultry production through- out this section and means a great deal to the material welfare of the entire community.

Mu Summers, in the city Tuesday from Middle Branch, says there are

a great many cases of scarlet fever in that community, some feeling it I might be necessary to close the school.! The cases are not very severe when properly looked after but a few have j suffered unnecessarily because of ■

carelessness. Mrs. Summers says i

many in that part of the county are j greatly in need of feed for their stock i and unless they get help are going | to lose largely. One neighbor wrote j to the governor about feed and his; excellency replied by telling him to! take his stock to Custer county. He figures he has about as much chance of doing that as he would driving them to Texas. Being about on the Knox county line they are about out of the zone of relief supply from either county and they feel a few cars of supplies should be set out at Page for them.

An invitation comes from Tnflis, Republic Georgia, Russia, to The Frontier to participate in the press exhibition which will be held in that city during 1932, when it is planned to assemble speciments of the “press of all peoples, all times, all countries.” From the standpoint of typograph- ical art, quality of paper stock used and general execution of the piece at hand—the invitation itself—judged by Amerean standards of the “art preservative,” the printing industry of Russia is in a crude state. The Frontier feels somewhat flattered on being invited to participate in a great international exposition of this kind and expects to forward some speci- mens.

Between 8 and 9 o’clock Saturday night, about forty friends and neigh- bors assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McNichols. They came in autos, by foot, sleds and sleighs, bringing their lunch of pies, cakes and coffee. Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey brought seven gallons of ice cream. They were all out for a good time, dancing and playing cards, with sup- per about twelve o’clock.

After supper there was an election to determine who was the homeliest man present. The vote was a tie be- tween Jack Quig and Joe McNichols. There being so many homely men

present the election was declared off. Jack and Joe thought the vote should have been unanimous in favor of Jim Carney. The reason that he wasn’t on the ballot was because the young ladies who made out the tickets failed to place his name thereon. The fact is well established that there will be no more “homely elections” at the parties. Even at that everyone had a good time even to eating ice cream frozen in a snow bank.

Believing that full publicity should be given to the financial condition of the Boy Scouts of the North Central District, I therefore respectfully sub- mit hte following report:

Receipts contributed by organiza- tions and individuals listed according to towns in which there is active Scout Troops for 1931.

Town Atkinson Bristow Brunswick Butte Center Creighton Ewing Lynch Monowi Niobrara O’Neill Orchard Page Spencer Stuart Verdigre Gross

Quota $ 56.40

10.00 17.60 28.45 10.00 69.40 27.15 24.90 10.00 38.00

100.60 22.20 17.80 36.40 36.95 30.90 10.00

Amount Received

$56.40 10.00 0.00

28.45 10.00 51.00 27.15 24.90

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100.60; 0.00'

17.80 19.50 ;

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10.00

$355.80 Disbursements to Council

Headquarter of the Covered Wagon Area $355.00

Cash on hand .80

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$355.00 11. B. BURCH, Financial Chairman.

TWO CHARGED WITH

Offering Bribes FIND MORE JURY TAMPERING >*-*

At noon today County Attorney J. D. Cronin tiled an information in district court involving Harry Kopp of Stuart in charges of jury bribing. This is the fifth person brought to boots on this charge. His arrest follows dis- closures made by Joe Juracek, found guilty at the recent trial. He with Angus will be brought before Judge Dickson for trial Friday.

The plot thickens. Ray Angus, just acquitted in district court by a jury on a criminal charge, is under arrest and goes to trial tomorrow on a con-

tempt of court charge. It is another alleged attempt at jury bribing grow- ing out of the Plannigan law suits. It bears all the earmarks of the three previous cases.

The information on file in the office of District Court Clerk Moss says that on December 1 or 2 Alfred Cleveland, on the o: iginal jury panel for this term of court, was offered a bribe. On tiie afternoon of December 1 or 2 at 2 o’clock Angus drove into the yard of the farm home of Cleveland, and when Cleveland came out engaged him in conversation about being on the jury that was to try the Flannigans. “There is $35 in it,” the information recits Angus said to Cleveland, “if you will hang the jury in the Flanni- gan cases; a fellow told me that; if you want to know anymore about it,

t there will be a man in Ewing Saturday and if you will come to town he will see you.” Cleveland said he replied that he had never “sold his word and would not do so now.”

And now another contempt of court case.

Joe Juracek, awaiting sentence witn

McCauley and McAllister, came

O’Neill Tuesday to unburden himself to court officials as to what he knew of the plans to bribe jurors.

It is expected sentence will be pro-

j. nounced Saturday on those convicted in the contempt of court cases.

MARRIED AT MULLEN Hooker County Tribune: Kenneth

Smith and Miss Jessie Elaine Coventry of Inman, Nebr., arrived here last Thursday evening and at seven o’clock were united in marriage at the home of Rev. and Mrs. B. H. Murten, uncle and aunt of the bridegroom, the wed- ding ceremony being performed by Mr. Murten. The bride is the young- est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Coventry and has lived in Inman all of her life. She received her education in the Inman schools, being a mem-

ber of the graduating class of 1931. The bridegroom is the second son of

Mr. and Mrs. Forest Smith and has also lived here all his life. He also graduated from the Inman schools everal years ago. After a short

honeymoon trip they will be at home on the Smith farm south of Inman.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

SPECIALS

Rib boil, per pound . 12tc Chuck Roast or Boil . 14c Premium ham, half or whole 21c

Bologna, per pound . 12tc 10 bars Quick Naptha Soap 25c

Sugar, 10 lbs . . . o>?c

Coffee, two pounds . 35c White Frost Flour, 48 lb 99c

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