Nebraska Newspapers

    The
Frontier.
VOLUME XXXIV.
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY MAY 28 1914,
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NUMBER 50
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I How to Choose a Bank I
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DON’T be like the man who conducts his g
| life by chance—who chooses his bank like
boys playing at “hide the button,” the boy
who chooses the hand with the button
wins. Choose your bank for its good
points. Come in here today and let us
| talk it over. |
THIS BANK CARRIES NO INDEBTEDNESS OF OFFICERS
| OR STOCKHOLDERS. |
| O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK 1
ONEILL, NEBRASKA
j| Capital and Surplus, $80,000.00 [3
1 M. Dowling, I’res. S. J. Werkes, Cashier
f, O. O. Snyder, Vice-Pies. C. P. Hancock, Asst. Cash. j|
LOCAL MATTERS.
Joe McDonald of Atkinson is in
the city today.
E.H.Whelan was looking after legal
business in West Point last Tuesday.
J. B. Ryan took a load of cattle and
liogs to the Sioux City market last
Tuesday.
O. O. Snyder returned the first of
the week from a business trip to the
Black Hills.
T. V. Golden is in Omaha this week
where the sand brick are being put
ihrough the final test.
Rev. G. W. Bruce, pastor of the M.
E. church, delivered a Memorial day
sermon at the church last Sunday
morning.
T. F. Birmingham is building an
addition to the porch around his resi
dence and otherwise improving his
Iroperty.
Matt Kane, who has been attending
the Creighton Dental College the past
year, came home the first of the week
for his summer vacation.
Miss Mae Quinn closed a very sue
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| You can cut down your expenses, j
if you try—a little less for this luxury, a few =
cents less for that—and you have the be- I
E ginning of a fortune; if you put what you
E save in the bank. All the time it is ac
cumulating you are getting nearer to
E independence and to the goal of that am
bition—for all things are easy when you
E have money. E
what you have. Even a dollar will do. E
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Start today. Open a bank account with
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JAMES F. O’DONNELL, Cashieis
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\ S. S. Welpton. President. O. F. Bitflin. Vice President i
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cessful term of school last Friday and
entertained about one hundred per
sons at a four course luncheon. She
expects to return in the fall. **
P. J. Barrett, who graduated from
the law department of Creighton
University a couple of weeks ago, ar
rived in the city the first of the week
for a few weeks visit at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
P>arrett, south of this city.
The O’Neill Chautauqua will be
held this year from July 30 to August
4th. The management say that the
program arranged for this year is
far ahead of that furninhed last year,
so you want to make arrangements to
visit O’Neill upon the above dates.
R. Hudspeth of Council Bluffs is in
the city this week looking after busi
ness interests. While here he ordered
The Frontier sent to his address so
that he might keep informed of the
political happenings, as well as the
local matters in this section of the
country.
Gustav Gableng of Columbus, Neb.,
and Miss Rose Thoendal of Ewing
PROGRAM DECORATION DAY
To be Given at the K. C. Opera
on Nay 30th
Chorus—“Star Spangled Banner”.Students St. Mary’s Academy
Reading—“The Gettysburg Oration”.Master Raymond McBride
Chorus—“The Flags of All Nations”. ..5th and 6th Grades, Public School
Reading—“Decoration, Day”....i.v.Master Vincent Whelan
Solo—“The Singing in God’s Acre”...Miss Genevieve Biglia
Reading—“Exchanged Graves”...Miss Loretta Carlon
Solo—“O, Stern Old Land”..Miss Cecilia Kloke
The old soldiers will meet at the Odd Fellows hall at 1:30, sharp, and
will march to the opera house at 2 sharp.
were granted a marriage license in
county court last Wednesday morn
ing. The bride-to-be is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thoendal
pioneer residents of the eastern part
of the county .
Judge L. C. Chapman left for Min
neapolis, Minn., this morning in an
swer to a telegram announcing the
death of his mother at the home of
his brother in this city. Mrs. Chapmna
man was 94 years of age and was
well known to the old timers here,
having lived in this city some twenty
years ago.
H. J. Boyle, E. H. Whelan, Will
Biglin, M. H. Horrisky, John Gal
lagher, Ben Grady, J. P. Golden and
Julius Cronin went down to Emerson
last Sunday morning to attend a K.
C. initiation. The work was in charge
of the O’Neill boys and they say they
had a splendid time. At the banquet,
given after the initiation,E,H. Whelan
presided as toastmaster and it is re
ported that he made quite a hit with
the able manner in which he filled
the position.
Last Wednesday Supervisor J. O.
Hubbell of Inez filed as a candidate
for the republican nomination for
county clerk, subject to the approval
of the republican electors at the pri
maries next August. Mr. Hubbell has
been- a member of the county board for
the past three years and is well
qualified to fill the position to which
he aspires. He has a large acquain
tance in the western part of the
county and will be an exceptionally
strong candidate.
Last Monday W. X. Hayes of At
kinson filed as a candidate for the re
publican nomination for supervisor
from the Seven Ln supervisor district.
This district is st present represented
1 y D. M. Sturrt of Stuart and as the
republicans or the two townships
have an understanding that the nom
ination is to alternate between res
idents of the two townships every
other year, Mr. Hayes will be the
nominee from that district for this
year as Mr. Stuart will not be a
candidate.
Leo E. McCaffrey of Emmet and
Miss Nellie Hiatt of this city were
united in marriage by Rev. Father
Gleason last Wednesday morning, in
the presence of a few relatives and
friendsf of the contracting parties.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph McCaffrey, old-time and promi
nent residents of this county. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
M. E. Hiatt also pioneer residents of
this vicinity. The young people have
the best wishes of a host of friends
for their future happiness and pros
perity.
1-ittac oaturuay nomer iviuiien sui
fered a fracture of the right arm
while cranking an automobile. The
car is equipped with a self starter,
which they have been using nearly all
the time to start the engine, and with
which there is no damage done if the
spark is left advanced. He was crank
ing the car by hand and with the
sparked advanced, it kicked back a
trick they all have under similar con
ditions and with which nearly all
automobile drivers have had some ex
perience, and as a result of the kick
he is now carrying his arm in a sling.
What might have been a serious fire
was extinguished without serious
damage at the home of C. C. Millard
last Saturday night about 10.30. Mrs.
Millard had been in the clothes closet
with a lamp and shortly after she lefi
the closet the fire was noticed and it
is supposed that the fire caught from
the lamp having been held to close to
some clothing. The fire department
ws promptly on hand but the fire was
extinguished without turning on a
stream. All the clothing that was in
the room was destroyed and other
rooms in the house was badly damaged
with smoke.
Willis Barker of Dorchester, Neb.,
was in the city last Friday and favor
ed this office with a call. Mr. Barker
owns a quarter section of land north
west of this city and he came up to
see it as he had never seen it before,
having purchased it last fall and at
that time was unable to look it over.
He is very well satisfied with his in
vestment and believes that land in
this section is very cheap at the price
asked for it, when compared to land
prices in the eastern part of the state.
He ordered The Frontier sent to his
address so that he could keep posted
upon events in this vicinity.
The bookeeping department of the
O’Neill National bank is now equip
ped with an electric bookeeper. It is
a machine somewhat similar to an
adding machine run either by hand or
electricity, and multiplies, adds and
subtracts. The machine runs along
pmoothly until it strikes an overdraft
when it balks and refuses to go any
further, until the catch that locks it
is released. It is a wonderful piece
of machinery and will enable the force
at the bank to perform their work in
considerable less time than formerly
and it also reduces the possibility
of errors to a minimum.
The Frontier occasionally receives
what purports to be an item of news
through the mail to which no name is
attached. We do not use matter that
comes to us in this manner as we de
sire to know the source of our in
formation so that we may know that
the matter is reliable. We are always
glad to receive news items, but in
sist that the parties sending in the
items sign their names to the letters,
not for publication, but that we may
know the matter is reliable. By ob
serving the above rules parties send
ing matter to this office will not be
disapointed in not seeing the matter
ity print.
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tional bank building had been removed
by the workmen in remodeling the
building and had not been repaired and
during the rain last Saturday night
rain ran in there from the gutters on
the building and having no outlet
poured through the ceiling into the
grocery room of John Welsh. For a
time last Saturday Jack’s grocery
looked like Noah’s ark, with a couple
of inches of water on the floor and
watersoaked goods piled in every
corner of the room. When a heavy
canvas was placed in the opening in
the cornice the downpour into the store
room ceased. Mr. Welsh estiinates
the damage to his stock, by reason of
the water, at $200.
The citizens of this city held a
meeting last night, and it was decided
to hold a celebration in O’Neill, on the
4th of July. The committee in charge
reported that aft v a canvass of the
citizens that abo it $500 could be
raised. C. E. Hall was selected as
manager, and empowered to make all
necessary arrangements. Some of
tne teatures planned are a mammoth
parade, baseball game, horse racing,
foot racing, speaking by some well
known citizen of the state, and a
large display of fireworks in the even
ing. As it has been about nine years
years since O'Neill celebrated
special effort will be made to make
this year’s celebration one that will
be enjoyed by all the visitors.
Last Wednesday William Myers
sold his farm to a Mr. Otto of Geneva,
Neb., receiving $62.50 per acre for it.
Mr. Myers bought this place three
years ago, paying $50.00 per acre for
it and he made $12.50 on his invest
ment in three years, besides raising
three good crops. This farm is lo
cated nine miles northwest of this
city and shows that Holt county real
estate is constantly increasing in
value. Mr. Myers says that he is
now looking for another farm and
will probably invest in a half section
this time, as he did not think he had
quite enough land in the quarter
section. Mr. Myers is a good citizen
and The Frontier is glad to hear that
he does not intend to leave this
county.
With a couple of hours in Norfolk
last Monday, we had the pleasure ol
running across A. E. Bitglin and be
ing shown through the Norfolk Na
tional Bank. The Norfolk Nations'
enjoys the distinction of being the
prettiest and one of the best equippec
r.nd the best rated banks in Northerr
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Nebraska, and to make good with
them is in itself a glowing tribute to
a man’s ability. Mr. Biglin has been
associated with them, in the capacity
of receiver, for about a year and
during this brief time he has made
himself an enviable reputation in
the banking profession. He is another
of those O’Neill boys that have left
home and made good, and he always
has a glad hand extended for his
many Holt county friends.
On complaint of Walter Wyant
John Smith was arrested charged
with having stolen from Wyant five
hens valued at $5.00. The caBe was
up in county court last Wednesday
and was thrown out of court by Act
ing Judge Chapman, the latter be
lieving that the county should not be
burdened with the expense of pros
ecuting a man for “hooking” five hens.
A new complaint was sworn out and
Smith was brought before Justice
McCafferty, where he was given a
hearing on the charge. After the evi
dence was all in Justice McCafferty
said that he believed the defendant
guilty but he did not believe there
was sufficient evidence to bind him
over to the district court and he ac
quitted him with the admonition never
to do it again.
The Yankee Robinson show drew
an enormous crowd of people to this
city last Tuesday. One of ihe man
agers of the show informed us that
they had 4,200 paid admissions at the
afternoon performance and that it
was the largest crowd that they have
played to this season. At Neligh, the
day before they were here, they show
ed to 3,800 people. We did not get to
see the afternoon performance but we
understand that the show gave fairly
good satisfaction. It is not a large
show, much smaller than others that
have been here, but the quality of
what they had was good and the
afternoon performance gave general
satisfaction. The evening per
formance was somewhat of a joke.
It lasted only forty-five minutes and
was not worth the price of admission,
50 cents.
One of the heaviest rains that has
visited this city for years fell here last
Saturday evening^ The precipition
amounted to 3.06 inches. The rain in
the northern part of the county was
much heavier than it was here and in
the vicinity of Spencer it amounted to
almost a cloud burst and washed away
several hundred feet of the North
western tracks. This rain, following
the heavy rain of a week ago, done con
siderable damage to bridges in the
northern part of the county, as well
as some in the southern part. Peter
Donohoe was in town yesterday and
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WHEN your little one is sick, or even ailing just a
little bit, and the physician prescribes for it, you
wouldn’t think of having that prescription filled
where you had the least doubt of procuring the
purest of medicine, would you?
Why, of course, you wouldn’t.
But listen!—This is just one thing you should '
think of when your baby’s life, or the life of any
member of your family is at stake.
There’s a great difference in drugs, and
when they are impure or stale, they
frequently act directly contrary to what
the physician had intended.
says that the neavy ram done con
siderable damage to bridges in Shields
township and tore down many fences
along the Blackbird, as well as
washing out several fields of corn on
the sloping land. Peter says that it
took out about twenty acres of corn
on his farm.
RDIDGE FUND IN BAD SHAPE.
Fund Now $25,000 Behind and $75,000
Needed to Build New Bridges.
The heavy rains of the past week
have played havoc with the county
bridges in different parts of the
county. Seven bridges across the
Eagle were washed out and one across
the Elkhorn, in Sheridan township, is
in such condition that it is practically
useless. Four bridges were taken out
on the north branch of the Verdigree
and many of the smaller bridges on
the Blackbird and Red Bird creeks
were also washed away.
The county board were in session
the first of the week and they were of
the opinion that it will take $76,000.00
to replace the bridges that were taken
out by the heavy rains of Tuesday
and Saturday of last week. In addi
tion to this there were enough town
ship bridges washed away to prob
ably bring the loss to the county from
the two storms in bridges up to
$150,000.00.
The members of the board are in a
quandry regarding the rebuilding of
the bridges. The bridge fund is now
$25,000.00 behind and the levy for the
coming year will not quite make up
the deficit now in that fund and they
have no money with which to build
bridges to replace those washed out.
The expense for bridges in this
county is one of the greatest items of
expense that we have. The annual
levy for the bridge fund does not any
more than pay for the up-keep of the
bridges already built, so that When
new bridges are built some of those
needing repairing have to be neglected
to take care of the new bridges.
The members of the board are
striving to find a way out of the dif
ficulty and are seriously considering
asking the people of the county to
vote bonds with which to replace the
bridges washed away. The voting of
bonds is never a popular proposition
and The Frontier is of the opinion
that a majority of the tax payers of
the county would not ag$-ee to a
bond proposition, as in certain town
ships of the county the people are al
ready heavily burdened with taxes.
For Sale—My Modern Residence.
Terms to suit purchaser.—Gam
Tinsley. 44-tf
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