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The Frontier.
VOLUME XXXVI.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1915.
NUMBER 14.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Claud Wolf came up Friday night
from Louisiana.
J. H. Dunn left Tuesday afternoon
for a short business trip to Iowa.
Visit our Soda Grill during Fair
week.—O’Neill News and Cigar Store.
Dr. Matt Mear was donw from Val
entine last Sunday visiting relatives.
Still “Kept Right, Sold Right” Ci
gars.—O’Neill News and Cigar Store.
Charles Coyle came up from Nor
folk last Friday afternoon for a week’s
visit with friends.
Judge Dickson and Reporter Scott
were over in Boyd county holding
court the first of the week.
Miss Etta Froelich left Tuesday
morning for Omah where she will at
tend school the coming year.
P. J. Biglin returned from Lincoln
Saturday night after spending a week
there taking in the state fair.
Miss Margaret Martin arrived here
last Sunday morning from Ainsworth
for a week’s visit with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Bordner of Pilger,
Neb., spent from Saturday ’till Tues
day visiting at the J. H. Shultz home
Mrs. H. J. Hammond returned Sun
day night from Omaha where she had
been visiting with friends for a few
days.
Mrs. J. F. Hayes and daughter,
Rose, of Atkinson, were visiting with
friends in the city for a few days this
week.
I. J. Shultz of Pilger, Nebraska, is
visiting at the home of J. H. Shultz,
who lives just north of the city, this
week.
E. H. Whelan went to Omaha Mon
day on legal business, while Mrs.
Whelan went down Tuesday to visit
friends.
^ Frank O’Donnell left for Omaha last
Sunday morning where he will
continue his studies in Creighton uni
versity.
Frank Harrington left last Tuesday
morning for Lincoln where he will
enter the state university^for the ensu
ing year.
Miss Virginia Testman, who teaches
in the Basset High School, was visit
ing with friends here for a few days
last week.
The Misses Lillian and Katheryn
Brooks left Tuesday morning for Lin
coin where they will enter the state
university.
Donald Gallagher left last Sunday
j morning for Lincoln, where he will
enter the state university for the en
suing year.
Mrs. W. R. Locke of Omaha spent
the week end at the J. H. Shultz home.
Mrs. Locke and Mrs. Shultz were old
school mates.
Mrs. William Hagerty returned the
first of the week from Stanton, Neb.,
where she had been visiting her
daughter the past month.
Dr. and Mrs: J. C. Gallagher of St.
Louis, Mo., arrived in the city last
Friday for a couple of weeks visit at
the home of Dr. Gallagher’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gallagher of
: this city.
Mrs. William Morgan came down
1 Sunday morning from Nenzel, Neb.,
for a short visit at the home of her
sister, Mrs. H. D. Grady.
C. P. Siders was transacting business
in the city Monday. Charley reports
the yield of grain pretty fair where he
has thrashed, although the straw is
extra heavy.
John Biglin and Griff J. Evans, of
; the Evans Bloom Cigar Co., of
Hastings, were in the city last Friday
. visiting friends and calling on their
customers in this section.
Joe Mann arrived in the city last
, Saturday from Chicago and will spend
a couple of weeks visiting relatives.,
and greeeting old-time friends. City
life evidently agrees with Joe as he is
' looking hale and hearty.
Elmer Rouse of Blackbird moved
his family into town last week and
; they are located in the southeast part
1 of the city. Mr. Rouse moved into
town so that his children could receive
, the benefits of O’Neill’s splendid school
facilities.
W. B. Cooper returned last Friday
from Kankakee, 111., wrere he had been
i to attend the funeral of his father,
' who died at his home there two weeks
ago. Mr. Cooper, Sr., was 87 years of
, age and had been a resident of Kanka■
i kee and vicintiy for years.
Miss Helen Brown of Chicago ar
rived in the city the first of the week
for a visit at the home of her brother,
J. A. Brown. Miss Brown is a trained
nurse and will look after Mrs. Brown
for a few weeks, as the later has been
in poor health the past two months.
Mrs. J. A. Brown and children re
turned the first of the week from Lead,
S. D., where she had been visiting re
latives the past six weeks. She was
accompanied on her return by her
sister, Mrs. A. B. Cummisky, of Lead,
who will visit here for a couple of
weeks.
W. E. McRoberst came down from
Hot Springs last week, where he has
been receiving treatment the past
three months, for a week’s visit with
home folks. He says that he has re
ceived much benefit from the treat
ment received there and will go back
next week.
John A. Harmon left last Friday
morning for Minneapolis, being called
there by the serious illness of his
mothe. Mrs. Harmon was visiting a
daughter in Minneapolis when she was
taken sick and on account of her ad
vanced age little hope is entertained
for her recovery.
Sheriff Grady made a business trip
I to Sheridan, Wyoming, last week, re
turning Wednesday. While in Sheri
dan he met several former Holt county
! people who are now located in the
; thriving city of Sheridan. Among
those he met was John Dressier, who
was a resident of this city for many
. years. Henry says that John looks
; about as young as when he left O’Neill,
; some ten years ago.
The Frontier automobile contest will
close on Wednesday evening, October
13, at 8 o’clock. All reports must be
in the office by eight o’clock of Octo
ber 13, when the ballots will be
counted by the judges and the result
announced. Make the most of your
time during the next few weeks.
Time is getting short in The
Frontier’s Auto Contest and it will
not be long until some of us will be
saying, “If I had done so and so, I
would have won in a walk.” That
will be of little good after the car is
gone. The question that is up to you
is to make use of it now while the
opportunity is still before you. Now is
the time to act. Do things while you
have a chance. Do not wait until your
opportunity is gone and then wonder
why you did not see that it was to
your advantage to get right down to
hard licks and hustle. Make every
moment count. Many of you think
this is all talk. Maybe it is but after
the close you will find that it was
pretty good talk. You will wish then
that you had not been so skeptical.
You will wish you had let a little soak
in. Regrets are often poor returns foi
not winning.
Start this week on the big triple
headed offer and work hard. Get first
in every one should be your effort.
Make use of what is before you and
crawl to the top now. You can never
tell when these extra votes are going
to stop. The same way you can never
tell who will be in the lead when they
do stop. For that reason you want to
push to the front now and when the
extra votes stop you want to be able
to say that the others will have to
hustle on the straight vote form to
beat you. You see in that way you
can have more than an even break.
The extra votes are liable to stop at
the end of this week and for that
reason you want to be prepared. Start
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New Fall Goods!
The fall stock is arriving in bunches every
day. Among the new goods is all kinds of yard
age, Silk and Woolen Goods. These goods are
all of the newest type, Plaids and Stripes in
Silks and the prices so low you will be surprised.
Oh, Yes, New Shoes
If you don’t want to buy a pair, come in and see them
any way. The new iace shoe for ladies is a beauty.
Blankets and Outings
I have in my new fall line of Blankets and Outings,
and the line is larger and better than ever.
Ladies9 Collars and Fancy Bags
i For Ladies’ Collars and Fancy Bags my line cannot be
l excelled.
During the days of the Fair come to my store
and make yourself at home, whether you wish to
purchase anything or not.
J. P. Gallagher.
CONTEST CLOSES OCTOBER 13th
The Best Worker Will Be the Winner. Get the Results Now Before
the Chances Are Few and Far Between. You Can Do What
Others Have Done. Make Things Hum and Clean Your
Field Well. The Time is Getting Short
LARGE TRIPLE HEADED PRIZE BALLOT OFFER
Who Is Going to Be the Person That Sells the Most Advertising? Who
Will Be the Person That Collects the Most on Old Subscriptions? Who
Will Be the Person That Gets the Most New Subscribers? The
Person That Is After Them All the Time Will Be the
Person That Wins the Most Extra Votes.
today and win the most extra votes
this week.
The First Prize Ballot.
Between the dates of September 16
and September 22, the following
Prize Ballots will be offered on new
subscriptions:
First Prize Ballot.15,000
Second Prize Ballot.12,000
Third Prize Ballot.11,000
Fourth Prize Ballot.10,000
Fifth Prize Ballot. 9,000
Sixth Prize Ballot.8,000
The person turning in the most
NEW subscriptions will receive first
Prize Ballot. Second will receive sec
ond Prize Ballot, and so on down for
six places only.
The Second Prize Ballot.
Between the dates of September 16
and September 22, the following Prize
Ballots will be offered on the most old
subscriptions:
First Prize Ballot.15,000
Second Prize Ballot.12,000
Third Prize Ballot.11,000
Fourth Prize Ballot.10,000
Fifth Prize Ballot. 9,000
Sixth Prize Ballot.8,000
The persons turning in the most
OLD subscriptions will receive first
Prize Ballot. Second will receive
second Prize Ballot, and so on down
for six places.
i niru rriit nanui.
Between the dates of September 16
and September 22, the following Prize
Ballots will be offered on advertising
cards sold:
First Prize Ballot.16,000
Second Prize Ballot.12,000
Third Prize Ballot.11,000
Fourth Prize Ballot. 10,000
Fifth Prize Ballot.9,000
Sixth Prize Ballot. 8,000
The person turning in the largest
sales of advertising cards will receive
first Prize Ballot. Second best sales
man will receive second Prize Ballot.
They call for any kind of job printing
that can be done in the plant or ad
vertising space in the paper. Anything
in the printer’s line will be given for
the card upon delivery at The Fron
tier office.
Contestants will notice that there
are only six places in this series of
Prize Ballots.
Sample Copies of the Paper.
Any of the contestants that would
like to have sample copies of the paper
sent out to people in their neighbor
hood that would possibly subscribe or
people they would like to ask for their
subscriptions will please send their
lists in to the Contest department ard
the people will be sent sample copies.
Kindly send in lists by Wednesday of
each week.
How They Stand.
Below is the standing for the week
up to 8 p. m. Wednesday. The list has
been cut down to eight members now
and one or two may yet drop out. It
has gotten down now to where the
contestants should no longer depend
on popularity—Popularity has been
spent and it is now up to the workers
to get busy and get busy quick. It
will take effort to win and the question
now is, who will put forth the most
The condidates are closely bunched
J. C. Murphy.263,00(
Viola Morgan.. • •• .259,15(
John F. Hanley.239,00(
Melvina Simmons.232,50(
Homer Mullen.131,75(
Margaret Peters. 78,50<
Myrtle Hoxie. 76,35(
Minnie Ruby. 71,201
MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
Mrs. P. H Mathews of Albion, ar
rived in the city the first of the wee
and spent a few days visiting at th
home of her daughter, Mrs. J. A
Brown. She returned home Wednes
day morning accompanied by her littl
granddaughter, who will visit ther
for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Morrison r<
turned last night from Omaha, whei
they had been visiting relatives an
friends the past few days and lookin
after business matters. While awa
“Bob” purchased an auto deliver;
which he will use in making delivern
from his store. They made the retui
trip in the auto.
Maria Batterson has filed suit f<
divorce from John E. Batterson. SI
alleges that they were married at No
folk on .September 10, 1904, and th:
she had been a resident of this coun
for the past five years. She alleg
that she was abandoned by defends
on April 25,1913, and he hascontnbi
ed nothing to her support since that time
and that she does not know his where
abouts. She asks for an absolute di
vorce and the custody of their three
children.
With nice weather next week O’Neill
will entertain the largest crowd of
Holt county people that ever as
sembled within her borders. The at
traction will be the Second Annual
Holt County Fair and it promises to
be the event of the year in this sec
tion of the state. You want to make
it a point to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Arbuthnot and
children of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska,
arrived in the city Saturday night,
having made the trip in a car. Mr.
Arbuthnot returned home Monday
morning on the train, on account of
the muddy roads, while Mrs. Arbuth
not and the children took the night
train for Alliance, Neb., to visit with
relatives.
William Barnard left Wednesday
morning for Decatur, Neb., where he
has formed a partnership with
Thomas Ashley, the leading member
of the bar of that city, and will enter
upon the practice of law. William is
an exceptionally bright young man,
honest and earnest and energetic and
we predict will make a mark for him
self in his chosen profession.
While stacking hay on the old home
place just west of this city last Fri
day afternoon Lee Hershiser was
struck by a heavy fork full of hay,
thrown on by the stacker, knocked
from the stack and suffered a fractured
left arm and was otherwise badly
shaken up. The fracture of the arm
is at the wrist and he will be
compelled to carry his arm in a sling
for a good many weeks.
W. R. Butler of Gregory, S. D., was
in the city the latter part of last week
looking after his real estate interests
in this section. Mr. Butler says that
the extreme wet and cold weather has
retarded the growth of corn to such
an extent in his section that it will
take at least six weeks for it to get
out of the way of frost. Small grain
is not yielding up to expectations,
either, he says, and the quality,
especially oats, is not very god.
Wreckers commenced tearing down
the Methodist church last Monday to
make room for the new church build
ing that will be erected upon the site
of the present building. The new
church building will be frame, 40x69
with stucco finish and is to be com
pleted by January 1, 1916. While the
new building is being erected
Methodist services will be held in the
Royal theatre. Preaching at 10:30 a.
m., and 8 p. m.; Epworth League at
7:16 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell re
turned last Sunday night from a four
weeks trip to the exposition at San
Francisco and other Pacific coast cities.
While away they als,o visited relatives
in Montana. J. F. say3 the exposition
is very fine, but he is a long ways
from being in love with California as a
Slace of residence. During his journey
e said he never seen anything that
looks as good as old Holt to him and
since his return he is more than ever
convinced that this is the “one” gar
den spot in the U. S. A.
The carelessness of hunters, who
persist in shooting cattle and horses
for the farmers of the southwestern
part of the county, instead of chickens
and ducks, is responsible for a notice
prohibiting hunting upon the lands of
some of the farmers in that section of
the county. Last week a valuable cow,
the property of Mrs. A. P. Monroe,
was seriously injured by some careless
hunter. Hunters who are so careless
as to injure live stock should be ap
prehended and prosecuted.
Mrs. A. J. Spindler, beloved wife of
A. J. Spindler, died at her home in this
city last Wednesday afternoon and
was buried in the cemetary at Meek
Friday afternoon, Rev. Longstaff offi
ciating. Deceased was one of the
pioneers of this county, having lived
for years on a farm near Meek. The
family moved to this city some three
years ago. She was 82 years of age
and had been ailing for several months.
The cause of her death was oedema.
The relatives have the sympathy of a
host of friends in their bereavement.
O’Neill golf players are getting
quite chesty and several of them are
going to Norfolk next Sunday to play
some of the crack players of the Nor
folk club. The club in that city are
making preparations to entertain the
visitors right royally. It is expected
that about fifteen members of the local
club will make the trip. Some of the
local players say that after they at
tach the scalps of the Norfolk cracks
to their victorious banner that they
will then take on the crack players of
the Omaha Country Club and show
them how the game should be played.
Two inches of rain Sunday night
and an inch and a half Monday night
is the rainfall record for the pas,
week. In the south country Monday
night the rainfall was mucn heavier
and some say that it must have rained
Five or six inches there. On ac
count of the excessive rainfall
the past two months there are
hundreds of acres of the finest hay
land in the county under water. On
account of the lateness of the season
the chances are that the meadows will
not dry up sufficiently for them to be
able to cut the hay before frost, and
the result will be the loss of'thous
ands of dollars to the hay men in
southern Holt. Many men nave been
mowing hay the past three weeks and
in places cutting grass that was
covered from two inches to a foot and
a half of water.
During the heavy rain of last Sun
day night water flooded the cellars of
P. J. McManus and J. P. Gallagher and
done considerable damage. The water
Followed the water pipe from the
street in under McManus’ grocery,
then poured down the side of the wall
of the main store and came up through
the floor of the basement, then going
into the basement of Gallagher’s store
From the McManus basement. It was
about midnight Saturday night and
Mr. McManus, who had not yet gone
home, went over to the store and seen
the water pouring into a hole near the
sidewalk, where the stop cock for the
water pipe was. He went into the
basement and found that there was
about twenty inches of water all over
his basement. He had a lot of fall
goods stored there that were seriously
damaged by water. He estimates his
damage at $1,000. Mr. Gallagher was
more fortunate as the goods he kept in
the basement were not damaged by
water and his greatest expense yvas in
cleaning up after the flood. His loss
will be under $100.
Blau-gas
is the cream of city gas condensed and
bottled for country use. In bottling,
all poisonous and practically all ex
plosive elements are removed. You
open a valve, and use same as city gas.
Three times as hot, costs no more.
Ideal for cooking and lighting.
Be sure and see this gas in operation
at the County Fair. Particularly
adapted for country homes.
O’NEILL BLAU-GAS CO.
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