The Frontier.
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* VOLUME XXXIII.
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16.1913
NUMBER 31
• BONDS FDR A NEW
SCHODLDISDDSSuD
Member of Board of Education Sets
Forth Districts Needs.
REASON FOR NEW BUILDING
Agitation Begun tor Erection of New
Building Which Is Said to be Bad
ly Needed.
A member of the local board of ed
ucation bands this in for publication:
The citizens of O’Neill soon be ask
ed to consider the proposition or bonds
for a new public and high school build
ing. The need of such a building may
be clearly seen from the following
reasons:
First: Because theoldschool bouse,
which has done service for the last
twenty-eight years, Is now entirely
inadequate to accomodate the number
of pupils, although the convent takes
care of about one half of the pupils In
the district.
One school, the seventh grade, is,
this year, occupying a rented building
outside, and another grade should be
provided for in similar manner, but
the school board could secure no suit
able building
Next year, at the pres nt rate of in
crease of your rapidly growing city,
the crowded condition will be serious
and unmanageable.
Second: Because the old building
is In such a dilapidated condition, not
having been well built in the first
place, that it is impossible to comfort
ably heat it, in zero weather, or be
low; the average temperature, with
an extravagant use of fuel, is about
forty degree, when it should be seven
ty.
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there Is no system of ventilation ex
cept through open doors and windows,
which are impossible of use in bitter
cold weather. Large number of pupils
of your public schools are crowded in
to rooms which do not furnish suffi
cient air space and floor space, even in
a good ventilating system. What
must? be the condition without any
system of ventilation at all? You
mast know that it is unsanitary and
unhealthy beyond computation.
Fourth: Because the present build
ing in high wind is unsafe on account
of the crumbling bricks and lack of
mortar.
Fifth: Because of the above reasons,
anyone of which is a good and suf.
ficient reason for the necessity of a
new building, convenience and equip
ment for the present day practical de
mands of the education to be furnish
ed to the children and youth of O’
Neill to prepare them for earning a
livelihood and living an intelligent,
happy live, which can appreciate soc
iety and the best things which our
country offers.
Id addition to the very significant
and vital reasons for tbe favorable
consideration of tbe bood propsition
to be soon submitted, 1 desire to
call your attention to the following
extract from “A Comparative Study
of the Public School System in Forty
eight States’’ issued by the Dlvison of
Education of the Russell Sage Founda
tion, which shows Nebraska’s present
rank in school activities:
“Twentieth in per cent of a school
population enrolled in public and
. private schouls as against those not in
any school.
Seventeenth in total school revenue
from all sources.
Twenty-first in value of public
school property per child of school age.
Twenty-seventh in amount of an.
nual expenditure for school purposes
per child of school age.
Nineteenth in average days of school
per child of school age.
Tenth in average number of days
public schools were kept open and
average attendance
Thirty-first in amount expended for
schools for each *100 00 of estimated
wealth.
Twenty-first in the cost of one day’s
schooling for one child in the public
schools.
Fourteenth in proportion of high
school pupils to elementary pupils.
Twenty-eighth In amount of aver
age annual salary of public school
teachers.
In addition Nebraska is one of the
states with a complete compulsory at
tenanced law, and a complete free
text book law, but also one of tbe
states wholly lacking in laws re
gulating school house constri cting
and laws requiring medical inspection
of schools ”
Please notice, on these ten Items
taken as tests of educational efficiency
Nebraska is ranked twenty-fifth.
It has been Nebraska’s proud boast,
for many years, that she has the least
pel cent of illiteracy of any state in
the union, but the latest figures based
on the census of 1910, show that Ne
braska is no longer first, but second
to IOWA, with WASHINGTON ALMOST
equal. The per centage of illiteracy
In Iowa is 1 7 percent, in Nebraska is
1.9 per cent.
In rank of tests of educational effi
ciency Nebraska ranks twenty-fifth;
in per cent of Illiteracy second. Pon
der on these facts, stir up your local
and state pride, and set about the
remedy by beginning work right at
home in your own town.
Look out for reasons why you should
vote for bonds in next week’s paper.
LOCAL MATTERS.
1 1 1 ■ /
Col. Brennan is back to business
after a week’s tussle with the grip.
For Bent—Good six-room cottage.
Enquire of O. O. Snyder or 0. C.
Millard. 31-1
Buy flour now—it is at the bottom.
I have the house full bought right.
Con Keys
O O Snyder went to Omaha Wed
nesday to attend the state lumber
men’s convention.
Night school Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, see Miss
Aldersun 31-tf
Gus Wieniich was over from Pierce
this week looking after his real estate
interests here.
Dr. G. M. Hemingway came up
from Neligh Saturday, going to
Chambers Monday.
I have a load of tankage will sell
sbeap never did like the stuff. Lots
of bran and shorts worth the money. <
Doal here any day now.—Con Keys.
H. A. York, editorof the Atkinson 1
Graphic, bad business in O’Neill
Tuesday. Mr. York made The Fron- '
tier force a fraternal call while in
In town.
Col. James Moore reports a great
tale out at Sibert and Buroam’s
Wednesday. There was a good crowd
tnd bidding was lively. Cows touch- 1
id the $60 mark.
As 99 per cent of people here pay for 1
what they get, I will sell flour on less
margin and cut t he jack legs lout, (
they are too heavy to carry any ,
further—Con Keys '
At the annual meeting of the stock ,
lolders of the First National bank
the old officers and directors were re
jected with the addition of Fred H. ,
Swingley as one of the directors.
Mrs. D. A. McDermott, residing ]
just across the Elkhorn river south of ,
town, died Thursday, January 9, of ,
dropsy. The funeral was held at St. ,
Patrick’s church in~thls city on Satur- .
Jay. ,
Rev. Mr. Williams of Royal was in <
the city Tuesday and Wednesday and i
occupied tbe pulpit these twoevenlngs <
the Methodist church, where services
have been in progress the past two i
weeks. '
Tbe severe cold was mellowed down
by a warm wave which started with
well nigh Ideal weather Tuesday.
While there has been but little winter
weather so far the week or ten days or 1
sero weather has made everybody 1
appreciate the “January thaw.”
William Roberts returned Tuesday
From a two week’s visit in the vicinity :
of Atlantic, Iowa, and was mighty '
glad to get back, as Billy says the 1
weather there was fierce, snowing
find blowing and cold every dayduring '
bis sojourn. 1
Conrad Boehme of Atkinson, L 6
Lambert of Little and L. S. Butler of j
Ewing, members of the Soldiers’ |
Relief commission for Holt county,
were in town Wednesday and made (
their annual report to the county {
board.
H. P. Dowling was over from .
Harlan, Iowa, the first of the week |
looking after his banking interests
here. A meeting of the officials of ,
the bank, tbe O’Neill National, was i
held Tuesday evening and the old ,
officers and directors reelected.
Lily 0. Brown has brought suit
against Fred L. Brown for divorce
and alimony. They were married in
this state in 1899 and have resided in
this county for a number of years
Tbe plaintiff allegesabandonment and
nonsupport. She asks custody of
their two children, a girl of eleven
and a boy of four years.
Mrs. Lena Kennel died Tuesday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. L
Erb, age eighty three years. Mrs.
Kennell was the mother of Chris
Kennel of this city, Mrs. Jake Erb
and Mrs. M. L. Erb of the northern
part of the county. The funeral will
be held Friday at the Mennonite
church over north of O’Neill.
J. C. Delzell, representing the firm
of Delzell Bros, of Denver, western
agents for Conklin’s fountain pen,
was in the city Monday. Mr. Delzell
was a resident of this community
some eight years ago but his home
now is Montana, where he has a home
stead. He makes a trip once a year
through some of tbe western states,
SATURDAY
January the 18th
Will be the I
Last Day
of the big
Discount
Sale... I
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Matrimonial Wrangles
Judge Dickson convened court Wed*
lesday for further consideration of
ividence in the suit for divorce
irought hy Tlieodate Monahan
igalnst Henry J. Monahan. The
rial was in progress all day Wednes
lay and Thursday, with a short in
cerveniion Thursday morning to take
,he testimony of an out of town
vitness In another suit.
The plaintiff in the Monrhan suit
vas allowed temporary alimony and
1100 to defray expenses of the litigation
>y the court on December 9, the suit
iroper on the petition for divorce
iow being held. The evidence taken
Wednesday was in behalf of plalrttiff
,o support her allegations of cruelty.
Hie couple have reared a family of
everal children, some of whom appear
is witnesses.
The case of Lillie Monroe Wood,
vboon November 4 obtained a divorce
rom Clarence L. Wood and secured a
lermanent injunction from the court
drbidding defendant from molesting
>r communicating with her, but who
m December 16 was ordered to show
tause why the decree should not be
annulled because of having been
ibtained by fraud, was set for Thura
lay but will continue over until the
evidence is completed in the Monahan
sase.
0. C. Malchew, deputy sheriff of
lumlng county, was put on the stand
rhursday morning in the Wood case.
Lillie Monroe Wood went to stay
vith relative at West Point. Clarence
r. Wood Wood also went to West
Point. The deputy sheriff testified
hat Mrs. Wood and her relatives
eared for their safety while Wood
vas in town and had him keep a
vatch on Wood and also guard their
esidence. The deputy sheriff told of
aking written messages from Wood
,o his wife, and also of a conference
vhich was arranged between them on
sondltions that the officer was present
md saw that Wood was disarmed,
kt.this conference the sheriff said Mrs
iVood told her husband she could not
ive with him any longer and gave
iim back the wedding ring.
One night a few days later the
ifficer said he arrested Wood after be
tad made threats on his wife and
elatives. He placed Wood in jail
ind took from his persona revolver,
>ox of cartridges and razor.
It is expected that the hearing of
,he case in court will bring out some
hings that will show the wife return*
id to her husband after the incidents
estitied to by the witness from Cutti
ng county.
An Editor Missing
On Friday night, December 21st,
Lee W. Henry left on the Burlington
'or O’Neill, where he said be was go
ng on business. On the following
L’uesday we received a letter from him
it Omaha, in which be stated that he
sould not be home at once, but that
le would come as soon as possible.
Mrs Henry received a letter from him
the same day, since which nothing
oas been heard from him by anyone In
town as to bis whereabouts. We
have not published anything concern
ing him before as we were confident
that he would soon return, but such
joes not seem to be thecase.
Card of Thanks.
We do so sincerely thank the kind
friends and neighbors who were so
kind to us in our trouble and burial of
our daughter and sister.—Mr. and Mrs.
I. B. Dailey and family.
For Bent—▲ good seven room bouse.
Inquire of D. A Doyle. 30-2
MINOR MENTION
Oonrad Whetlaugher was a north
western gassenger for Omaha Wednes
day.
Otto Hoehne of Atkinson was a
Frontier caller Monday, renewing for
another year.
Miss Ellen McCarthy returned
Saturday from a two week’s visit with
relatives and friends at Spalding.
George Gaughenbaugh, flour and
feed, the home of Bound to Rise and
North Star flour. Just ask “central’’
to give you 55 when you want a sack
01 Bound to Rise and we will deliver
at once; take no other. 30-tf
. Arnold and Widner have a lot of
good cattle of all descriptions, consist
ing of cows, calves, heifers, steers and
some extra good bulls which they
will sell to please purchaser. See L.
W Arnold, O’Neill, Nehr. 31-tf
Policeman Jack Kane went to Nor
folk the first of the week, being called
there by the Uluess of his brother.
R. H. Mills pinned on a star and
creditably guarded the peace and
dignity of the community In Jack’s
absence.
Joseph Grimme and Mary Tllscher,
both of Ewing, obtained license to
wed Wednesday. On Saturday
William McCormick Hunter of this
county and Georga May Brady of Knox
county secured a similar document of
the county judge.
Arthur E. Johnson, teacher of the
violin. Having studied at Chicago
Musical College under Hugo Port
schak, I offer my services as a
competant instructor. In O’Neill
Thursday, of each week. For infor
mation inquire at Grave’s Jewelry
store or the G O. Davis Variety
store. 31-2
Rt. Rev. Geo A. Beecher of the
Kearney district will hold con
firmation services at the Episcopal
church Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 10:30
o’clock, assisted by Cannon Bell of the
Kearney milltlary academy and Dean
Wells of Valentine. An invitation to
the publlo Is given to attend these
services.
Martin Wlntermote of Chambers
was up the first of the week to take
hts son Lee’s family out to the farm,
they having arrived here Sunday from
Kansas City. Mr Wlntermote expects
to have a sale next month and will
then go to Washington. Bis son, Lee
and family, will take charge of his
farm near Chambers. Lee also will
engage in auctioneering and endeavor
to till the place In that line bis father
has occupied for many years in the
southern part of the county.
The city has entered into a contract
with the McGinnis Creamery company
to pump the water and take, entire
charge of the water works plant until
May 1, at an expense of S125 per
month, or about what the cost was
under the water commissioner system.
Tie creamery company will also make
the collections and notices will be
sent to all using city water to pay
the same at the creamery office. By
this arrangement the office of water
commissioner, which has been filled
by Pat Coyne for several jears, has
been abolished.
Card of Thanks
We desire to extend our sincere
thanks to the kind friends and neigh
bors who assisted us durlug the recent
illness and death of our beloved
mother. Ethel Shermer
Geo Smith
James Smith
W.A. Smith
Educational Notes.
In the corn growing contest of Holt
county, Paul Widtfeldt won first prize
110 00 and Roger Widtfeldt won second
prize $5.00. The contest will be con
tinued another year and we hope a
large number of boys will enter tbe
contest.
Teachers who wish their certificates
renewed should be doing the reading
circle work. Examinations in these
books will be given In April and May.
The books are for sale In the county
superintendent’s office.
The following persons had the most
nearly correct answers during the
Noverabr examinations: Bea Gal
lagher, Cornelius Keys and [Julius
Cronin. Cornelius Keys and Julius
Cronin are in the O’Neill High school.
(See Sohool Review)
Holt county was allowed $1034 State
aid to weak districts. Thirty-three
counties in the state received aid.
Ten districts in Holt county were'en
titled to a share as follows: District
13 $100.00; district 142 $60.00; district
170 $150.00; dlstriot 171 $63 00; district
176 $05 00; district 177 $97 00, district
189 $250.00; district 193 $169 00; dlstriot
246 $40 00; district 257 $20.00
The county superinterdents of Ne
braska met in Lincoln January 6th
and 7th. The meetings were both
interesting and instructive. An
opportunity was given to attend the
inauguration of Governor Morehead,
the reception given by the State
officers and the minstrel show and
musical given by the convicts at the
penitentiary.
Ewing is planning to ad the twelfth
grade next year.
'Minnie B. Miller, Co. Supt.
Supervisors Organize.
The new county board met at the
court house Tuesday. After electing
Th. D. Slevers of Ewing chairman for
the ensuing year adjournment was
taken and the chairman allowed time
to make up the committees, which
were reported as follows when the
board reconvened:
Court house, Jail and Legal Ex
penses—Tomlinson, Hammerberg and
Fauquier.
Printing and Supplies—Sullivan,
Hubbell and Stuart.
Finance and Official Bonds—Ham
merberg, Tomlinson and Sullivan.
Tax and Tax Titles—Stuart, Sulli
van and Hubbell.
Claims—Fauquier and entire board.
Settlement With County Officers—
Hubbell and entire board.
Church Will Hold Literary.
Miss Maude Graves, literary inter
polator, monologist, and imperson
ator, will give an entertainment at
the Presbyterian church, Tuesday
January 21, at 8 o’clock. Miss Graves
comes well recomended and we can
promise the audience an evening of
great pleasure.
She has sent us the following pro
grame for publication. The musical
selections being furnished by some
of O’Neill’s best talent.
Part 1.—Music; readings, From a
Far Country; The Last Word; music;
reading, (a) The Curse to Labor, (b)
Schneider Decides for Prohibition.
Part 2—Music; reading, (a mono
logue) Miss Casey on Lawn Tennis;
Children’s stories. The Runaway Boy,
Havin’ to Walt, The Day We Thresh;
music; reading, Simon’s Wife’s
Mother.
Admission 15c and 25c.
News From Lincoln
There will be something doing this
winter at our state capital and you
will want to keep tab on it. Laws
will be made that will affect you
directly, no matter how much or how
little you own. Watch your home
representatives and see how he stands
on all these questions. If you want
a real, live, progressive, fearless and
out-spoken newspaper, right from the
seat of war, send 50 cents to The
Lincoln Daily News and you will re
ceive that big daily during the whole
session of the legislature. The paper
will stop when the time Is up. Send
50 cents today and the paper will
start at once.
Home Folks Mentioned
Battle Creek Enterprise: Ambrose
Biglin and Will Kelly of O’Neill, and
F P Matthews of Omaha were guests
at the J. J. Hughes home last week.
Cornlea Item In Humprey Democrat:
Miss Anna Fallon arrived home Satur
day evening after spending several
week’s with her parents and other
relatives at O’Neill.
WIsner Free Press: Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Harrington were down from
O’Neill over Sunday, visiting at the
M. Ryan home.
Persons troubled with paralysis are
often very much benefited by
messaging the affected parts thorougly
when applying Chamberlain’s Lini
ment. This liniment also relieves
rheumatic pains. For sale by all
dealers.
BABY FALLS INTO PAN
OF SCALDING WATER
Child of Two Years Meets Sad Ac
cident While at Play.
FLESH COOKED AND BABY DIES
While at a Neighbors Little Daughter
ot Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haynes
Is Fatally Burned.
The two-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Haynes,residing on the
Ab Wilcox ranch in the Bay neighbor
hood, fell into a pan of scalding water
last Friday evening and waa so badly
burned that death resulted at 4o’clock
Saturday morning.
The Haynes family were visiting at
the home of a neighbor, the
Rossingers, when the fatal scalding
occurred. The little one was playing
with other children about the house
when it fell into a dish pan thatsat
on the floor and into which had been
poured boiling water drained from
cooking vegetables.
Dr. Flynn was summoned from
O’Neill, and worked over the little
one until midnight, but the ohild’s
flesh was so badly cooked no help
could be given beyond stopping the
convulsions and relieving the suffering.
"The Pride of Wyoming.”
Miss Adelle Nickerson, who plays
leading roles for Mr. Sanford Dodge,
is a Wyoming girl and is just as proud
of her skill as a Cow girl as she is of
her ability to impersonate stage
heroines.
While hunting in the mountains
during her last vacation she saw an
animal moving among the rocks at
some distance from her, and being an
expert rifle shot, the animal fell,
pleroed through the heart. She shout
ed triumphantly to her friends and
sprang forward to claim her prize,
which she was sure was a large moun
tain lion. In reaching It, however,
she was dismayed to find a dead In
dian dog, whose owner was approach
ing from another direction. She
hastened to express her sorrow to the
Indian, but be did not seem to worry
much about the accident and was
easily pacified with a few pieces of
silver. Later In the day, coming
upon the camp of the Indian near a
small river, she saw the skin of her
erstwhile savage mountain lion hung
over a rope to dry and its former
owner cooking its succulent flesh.
The Indian, with true western hospi
tality, offered her a generous portion,
but while Miss Nickerson claimed
that roast dog steak was her favorite
dish, she wasn’t at ail hungry just
then.
Miss Nickerson will appear here
with Sanford Dodge at the opera
house, Friday evening, January 24.
An Expert Opinion
Omaha Trade Exhibit: Two good
clothing ads appeared in the last
issue of the O’Neill Frontier. One
for the J. P. Gallagher company and
the other for Antone Toy.
Both were advertised as January
sales and both offered reductions in
all lines approximately 20 per oent off.
The Gallagher ad bad the better dis
play because it mentioned the goods
from each department and quoted
prices; the Toy ad had the better
appearance because it carried two
seasonable cuts. No attempt was
made to cover each department, but
the general discount of 20 per cent
was given prominent display in the
center of the ad.
Each of these ads will help the other;
each sale will help the other merchant.
That is a truth too well established to
be disputed. When two live clothing
stores in the same town get after the
business at the same time they create
more Interest than anyone could alone
and tlie net result is that each store
gets a better business than if the
other fellow was not in the game.
Two Funerals
Two funerals were held Monday
morning at St. Patrick’s church.
The first weie over the remains of
Mrs. Michael Burish who died at the
New Ogden hotel Saturday evening
where she, with her husband, bad
been recently moved from their farm
in the bills over south of Dry creek.
She had been in a helpless condition
for a long time from parlasis. The re
mains were burled in the Catholic
cemetery in this city.
The funeral of Mrs. Willian Smith
was the second one Monday morning.
Mrs. Smith was past seventy-one
years of age. She has been a resident
of O’Neill four or five years, owning
the old Barney McGreevcy residence
in the west part of town. Her hus
band died some two years ago. The
remains of Mrs. Smith wen sent to
Niobrara for interment*