The Frontier.
VOLUME XXXV.
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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915.
NUMBER 45.
LOCAL MATTERS.
J. S. Ennis was down from Atkin
son last Monday.
Hon. J. P. Mullen of Emmet was in
the city yesterday on business.
E. H. Whelan made a business trip
to Omaha last Tuesday morning.
J. K. Aaberg of Mineola was in the
city yesterday buying seed potatoes.
Jess Meller and family went over to
George Mellor’s at Redbird last Sat
urday for a visit.
County Assessor T. J. Coyne re
turned from a short visit to Omaha
last Sunday night.
Miss Bee O'Donnell of Springview
was in the city the first of the week
visiting at the home of her mother.
Col. Barney Stewart and Thomas
Wade, two of Page’s most enterprising
citizens, were in the city Wednesday.
Miss Zeffa Ziemer returned from
York last Sunday evening where she
had spent the past two weeks visiting
her sister.
Opie Chambers and Frank Martin of
Dallas, S. D., were in the city the first
of the week visiting relatives and old
time friends.
Ernest Beaver is hauling out lumber
this week with which to replace the
residence on his farm that was de
stroyed by fire last winter.
Calvin F. Remington and Miss Mat
tie Monahan, both of Amelia, were
granted a marriage license by County
Judge Carlon last Monday.
The Ennis saloon and a livery barn
adjoining, in Atkinson, was destroyed
by fire last Sunday night. A few
horses and several buggies were de
stroyed in the barn.
Editor Miles went down to Omaha
last Sunday to attend a meeting of the
Nebraska State Press Association,
which was held in that city the first
three days of this week.
M. B. Miller of Meek was a caller
at this office this morning and ordered
The Frontier sent to him for the en
suing year, so that he could keep
posted upon the affairs of the county.
Dr. W. H. Mullen of Bloomfield was
in the city the first of the week visit
ing relatives and old-time friends
The Doctor is still in the life in
surance business and is recognized as
one of the best solicitors of insurance
in the state.
William Sanders, aged 24 years,
died at the home of his mother in th<
northwest part of the city last Tuesda;
morning after an illness of two year
of cancer of the intestines. The re
mains were taken to Dorsey yesterda;
for interment in the cemetary at thi
place.
Ewing went back into the wet col
umn at the last election, the we
forces winning out with a majority o:
five votes.
Father Gleason left last Frida;
morning for Vista, Neb., having beer
named by Bishop Schannell as resi
dent pastor of the church there. Dur
ing his residence in this city Father
Gleason made many friends who wist
him happiness and success in his new
location.
Charles Dimmitt, who sold out his
personal effects and moved to Wyo
ing a month ago, returned to O’Neill
last Friday and will hereafter make
this state his home. Charley says
that he seen nothing that looked good
to him and that hereafter he will be
content to remain in good old Holt.
Frank Harrington, Ben Harty, Miss
Kathlyn Stannard and Miss Margaret
Donohoe went down to Omaha Wed
nesday morning to witness a perfor
mance of “Paid in Full,” the play that
will be put on by the local company
here next week and which is the star
production at the Boyd theatre in
Omaha this week.
Ewing Advocate: The infant child
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eppenbach died
Tuesday night. The parents are both
in Omaha, the mother being confined
in a hospital, slowly recovering from
a recent operation. It seems as though
this family is having more than their
share of grief and Ewing folks deeply
sympathize with them.
The 1915 base ball season is to for
mally open on the O’Neill diamond
next Sunday afternoon with a game
between the O’Neill Shamrocks and
the Valentine Indians. The red skin
ned boys from the west are said to be
?ood ball players and the local aggre
gation expects to put a team in the
field that will make them “go some”
f they carry home the “bacon.”
S. H. Trussell and Charles Robinson
nf Ewing were in the city last Monday
and favored this office with a short
:all. Mr. Trussell spent the wnnter in
Houston, Texas, returning to his home
n Ewing on April 1st. Sam says he
ffiinks Texas an ideal place to spend
> the winter but is not so sure that it
r would be a desirable place for a sum
i mer residence. But he has lived in
. old Holt for so many years that he
- says it looks mighty good to him.
s Lynch Journal: The Redbird bridge
over the Niobrara is left high and
. day by the river as the ice went out
; this spring. The island at the south
’ end has been almost entirely washed
away. This leaves one hundred feet
, of river south of the present bridge.
Just what will be done with the case
is impossible to state at present. The
Ponca bridges are all damaged and but
, few approaches remain. They will be
fixed up however as soon as the water
gets out of the way of the road over
seer.
F. J. Dishner, H. J. Hammond, H. J.
Boyle, Frank Froelich, Gordon O’Keefe
and Thomas Golden went down to
Madison last Sunday where they at
tended the installation of a new
council of the Knights of Columbus.
The boys report having had a splendid
time, especially those that started
from here in an automobile. The auto
broke down a few miles this side of
Norfolk and the boys had to ’phone
to Norfolk for a car to go after them
and take them to Madison. The car
is still at Norfolk, the boys returning
home on the Northwestern.
A large delegation of Stuart people
were before the county board last
Wednesday urging that the Mulford
and Lachman road, opened by the
county board last November be
vacated- Many of the protestants
petitioned the county board last fall
for the opening of the road and ap
peared yesterday urging that it be
vacated. The reason given for the
change of heart was that it would be
too expensive upon the county and the
township to maintain the road. The
matter was taken under advisement by
the board, pending an opinion from the
county attorney as to whether they
could annul the action taken by the
former board upon the petition.
Goldie Mosby has filed suit for
divorce from Wesley A. Moseby in dis
trict court. In her petition she alleges
that they were married on September
29, 1907, at Decatur, Illinois. They
moved to Nebraska in 1909. That
from 1911 until September, 1914, they
were residents of Winside, Neb., and
from the latter date until Maarch 20,
1915, plaintiff was a resident of Nor
folk, Neb., and has been a resident of
SKIRTS!
There is nothing neater than a
shirt waist and skirt, whether it
is for morning, afternoon or
evening wear.
The woman who has a becoming
skirt can always feel sure her
attire is correct. Never have
waists and . skirts been more
popular than this spring.
We have just received a big line
of the latest and niftiest skirts
that we have ever shown. We
have also the newest thing out,
the SUSPENDER SKIRT in
newest colors.
Come in and look them over
whether you buy or not.
LINDQUIST & PALMER
Holt county since the latter date. She
alleges as the reason for her applica
tion for divorce that defendant has
failed to provide for her support and
that he has been guilty of extreme
cruelty toward her. She asks for a
divorce and reasonable alimony.
The injunction case of W. W. Con
ard against the township board of In
man township was tried to Judge
Dickson in the district court last Wed
nesday. Mr. Conard is road overseer
of District 2 in Inman township and he
alleged that the members of the town
board were performing, or having per
formed the road work of the township,
without consulting him. After hear
ing the evidence in the case the
action was dismissed by the court.
From the evidence it appeared that a
couple of weeks ago, on account of
ditches being clogged, the high water
threatened to do considerable damage
to residents of the township and the
road overseer not being convenient
the members of the town board hired a
few men and had the ditches opened
up. From the evidence the total cost
of this work was $4.50. Several
witnesses were present from Ewing
and the costs in the case will amount
to nearly $50.
A new automobile registration law
is now in force, the bill having been
signed by Governor Morehead and
Secretary of State Pool has already
let the contracts for the new numbers,
to be furnished each year in different
colors by the state. The numbers for
this year are plain black on a white
background. Next year the color will
be different and anybody operating a
car under an expired license will be
easy to apprehend. The plan is one
used by many other states. The old
law requiring two numbers is re
pealed. Now there need be but one
and the state furnishes that. However :
the fee is increased from $2 to- $3 for
autos and from $1 to- $2 for motor
cycles. Of this fee, paid to the county
treasurers, 35 cents is remitted to the
state treasurer, and enough of it used
by the secretary of state to cover the
expense of numbers and registration.
Those who have already taken out
their licenses this year can show their
receipts in place of the new numbers.
For Rent
Two nice Large Furnished Rooms
two blocks south of K. C. Hall.
45-2 MRS. WM. WELCH.
Will Treat For Potato Diseases.
Members of the Box Butte and Dawes
County Farmers’ Associations are co
operating in the treatment of potato
diseases this season. Both associa
tions are holding a series of meetings
at which popular lecturers on the
treatment of potato diseases are be
ing given by a member of the de
partment of agricultural botany at the (
University Farm. .
104 Aggies to Graduate.
One hundred four students will be 1
graduated from the University School :
of Agriculture at Lincoln!, Friday,
April 23. This is an increase of 15
graduates over last year and 54 over
the year previous. The commence
ment speaker will be Albert F. Wood,
dean of the Minnesota Agricultural
College. He will speak on “Education
and Service.”
Gopher Killing Month Selected.
Members of the farmers’ association
of Gage county have declared April to
be the pocket gopher killing month. A
statement issued by the county agri
cultural agent says, “According to an
estimate, every farmer in Gage county
is being damaged annually at least $10
to $100 by the work of the pocket
gopher. This amounts to at least an
annual loss of $50,000, and it is grow
ing every year.” In closing, the county
agent says, “Protect the natural
enemies of the gopher, such as the
bull snake and the owl.”
Banner County Farmers Ask For
Agent.
Farmers of the southern half of
Banner county are seeking admission
into the Kimball County Fair Asso
ciation. The Western Nebraska Ob
server in commenting on the request
says: “The demonstrator apparently
has his hands full now, for ourfarmers
are keeping him very busy and the
members of the association feel as
though they have plenty of work for
him right here.
“We would like to see Bannercounty
organize a farm management associa
tion and employ a demonstrator. Then,
no doubt, we could be of mutual assis
tance.”
New Stallion Registration Law.
The new Stallion Registration law
places this department under the sup
ervision of the Nebraska Live Stock
Sanitary Board. The only important
change in the law is contained in Sec
tion 6, which is as follows:
Sec. 6. Every stallion and jack sha
be examined between the age of tw
and three years, and again betwee
the age of five and six years. At tim
of first examination, a certificate sha;
be given good for one year for whic
a fee of $3 shall be paid. For th
years intervening between such in
spections as herein provided, a dupli
cate certificate shall be secured fo
which a fee of $1 shall be paid, fo
each transfer of ownership twenty
five cents. At the time of second in
spection, a certificate good for life wil
be given for which a fee of $3 shall bi
paid. Additional duplicate certificate!
will be furnished at any time for 2!
cents each.
Provided, that any certificate oi
duplicate may be revoked at any tim<
if stallion or jack shall be found to b<
aflllicted with melanosis, periodic oph
thalmia, or any contagious or infec
tious disease of for any other gooc
cause.
Swinging Bridge Destroyed.
Butte Gazette: The bridge across
the Niobrara, which has been famous
as the only one of its kind in the state
s a thing of the past. On Tuesday the
ice broke the old span out at the mid
lie of the river, and the wires gave
ivay in the middle, and took out one
span of the part of the old bridge still
•emaining. This leaves the site in
such a shape that it will be impossible
:o put the swinging bridge back, and
f the Holt county people are to con
;inue to come to Butte, it will be nec
essary to build a bridge.
The swinging bridge was the work
>f private individuals, enterprising
■itizens of Holt county, assisted by
'contributions from interested parties,
ioseph Obermeier has borne the
rreater part of the burden, more than
le should have been asked to do. The
counties have condemned the structure
is unsafe, but the people have per
sisted in maintaining it, and it has
Daid the cost many times over to the
people who have been thus enabled to
?et to town, without a long tedious
iay’s drive each way. There has been
me or two accidents, but no one has
ieen injured and very little property
ost.
An effort will be made to get a
bridge, and there is hope that it will
le successful.
O’Neill School Wins Championship.
The O’Neill High School debating
bam won the championship of North
srn Nebraska debating district by de
bating the crack Valentine High
School debating team at Valentine on
ast Monday night.
O’Neill was represented by Frank
iarrington, Raymond McBride and
Fohn Longstaff. At the end of the
lebate O’Neill had outpointed Valen
,ine 42 points. Superintendent Mar
•in reports that this debate was un
loubtedly the best held in this district
for many a day.
1 The Judges of the debate, Prof.
0 Weyer of Atkinson, Prof. Nole of
1 West Point and Prof. Jackson of Rush
e ville, likewise report that the debate
1 was a very closely contested and hard
1 fought argument.
2 O’Neill High School, under the
- supervision of Superintendent Marrin,
- has certainly done its share of raising
r the reputation of O’Neill. The last
* years football team by holding the
- crack Creighton High School team of
• Omaha to a tie, was noted all over the
1 state as a No. 1 team, and outsiders
s began to watch O’Neill, and now by
i turning out a debating team which has
i won the championship of northern
Nebraska the High School has cer
tainly done much to put O’Neill on the
map, so to speak.
Supt. Marrin and Prof. Taylor
certainly deserve much credit in rais
ing the standard of the O’Neill High
School to the extent which they have.
* • •
Seed Treatment to Prevent Smuts.
No farmer can afford to plant wheat
or oats that have not been treated to
prevent smut. The value of .the Ne
braska oat crop for 1914 was $28,445,
769. A very conservative estimate
would place the loss due to oat smut
at 10 per cent. It costs the farmers of
Nebraska over two million dollars an
nually not to treat their oats for smut.
Similar taxes are paid on account of
wheat smut.
These losses can easily be prevented
by the use of either of the following
methods:
Formalin Method.—Place the seed
in coarse sacks and immerse for ten
(10) minutes s” a solution containing
one (1) pint of formalin (or a 40 per
cent solution of formaldehyde) and
thirty (30) to forty (40) gallons of
water. Drain to remove the excess
solution and empty on a clean floor or
canvas. Cover this treated grain with
wet sacks for about two (2) hours.
The grain should then be spread out
and allowed to dry before sowing. Be
certain that this formalin solution is
made up exactly according to these
directions.
Modified Formalin Method,—Sprin
kle the grain with the above formalin
solution until quite damp. Shovel the
grain over in order to get all the
grains wet. Cover with wet sacks for
several hours or over night. Dry be
fore sowing. This method is consider
ed by many as one of the simplest to
apply on the average farm.—Depart
ment of agricultural botany, Uni
versity of Nebraska.
For Sale.
Overland Car, Model 69. This is a
bargain if taken at once.
45-2 O. F. BIGLIN.
For Sale.
Second hand automobile in good re
pair and in good running order. Will
sell cheap.
44-4pd. Dr. J. P. Gilligan.
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