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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1916)
The Frontier Published by D. II. CRONIN One Year.$1.50 Six Months.75 cents Entered at the post office at O’Neill, Nebraska, as second class matter. Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of sub scribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if publisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscripiton remains in force at the designated sub scription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract be tween publisher and subscriber. ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertisements on Pages 4, 6 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 60 cents an inch (one column width) per month; on Page 1 the charge is $1.00 an inch per month. Local ad vertisements, 6 cents per line, each insertion. Address the office or the publisher. M. P. Kinkaid paid his $10 filing fee into the county treasury last Monday and will file for re-election to congress from this district. This was the first filing fee paid into the county treasur er’s office this season. .o It is rumored that Deputy Treasurer R. E. Gallagher will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for county treasurer. He is the only democrat we have heard mentioned in connection with the nomination. -o It is reported that Senator John A. Robertson will be a candidate for re election to the state senate from this district. The senator made a good record in his two terms in the senate and will make a strong candidate. -o Lawrence Chapman announces that he will file in a few days for the re publican nomination for county at torney. W. K. Hodgkin, the present county attorney, has not announced his intentions but he is expected to file for re-nomination. -o Rumor has it that H. J. Boyle will file for the democratic nomination for county attorney and will contest for the prize with Ferd Ward, who filed last Tuesday. If Hugh enters the race the contest for the nomination promises to be interesting. -o It is rumored that Peter Duffey of Atkinson will file for the democratic nomination for sheriff. Peter is one of the old-time citizens of the county, but has never taken much interest in politics heretofore, but it is said that he is now seriously considering casting his fedora into the ring. -o Last Tuesday Ferd Ward paid his filing fee into the office of the county treasurer and filed for the democratic and people’s independent nomination for the office of county attorney. Ferd broke the ice for the county candidates and a batch of filings are looked for during the next ten days. -o Petitions were being circulated in the eastern part of the state last week for C. W. Bryan for the democratic nomination for governor. Local demo crats do not take very kindly to the aspirations of Mr. Bryan and if an other candidate presents himself the mayor of Lincoln will not receive very many votes at the primaries in this city. -o Governor Morehead has positively refused to be a candidate for re-elect ion as governor. So far the anti Bryan democrats have not been able to secure a candidate to make the race The latest is that Senator W. V. Allen of Madison will make the race for the democratic nomination. If the senator should be a candidate and does not make a better race than he did when he was a candidate for district judge four years ago, he would not prove much of an obstacle to republican sue. cess. -o The move for the building of a per manent road between this city and Chambers is a step in the right di rection and in applying for a federal government road expert to supervise the work the county board has de monstrated that they want the best road that can be built for the money. With this road as a nucleus it will not be long until Holt county has two trunk lines, one running north and south and one running east and west throughout the county. These roads will be worth hundreds of dollars to the land owners of the conuty as it will enable them to market their produce in shorter time and with less expense -o H. J. Miller of Bassett, county at torney of Rock county, will be a candi date for delegate to the republican national convention from this district. So far he is the only candidate we have heard of from this part of the district and he will probably receive the support of the republicans of this county. The districet is entitled to two delegates and they have generally been selected, or.e from the northern part of the district and one from the southern part. W. C. May of Gothen. burg, Dawson county, has announced his candidacy for delegate. Mr. May is one of the old-time republican wheel horses of the south end of the district and has many friends among the re publicans of this county who will be glad to assist him in landing the position. Swinging Around the Circle. Fremont Tribune: If there was a foreign army coming right across the state of Iowa, or across the state of Colorado, headed straight for Ne braska, everybody in Nebraska would be for preparedness, and that at the earliest possible moment. wnat are we to ao aDout it : now are we going to know just how close we are to the danger line? Are we to suppose that those high in authority at Washington know of some secret danger of which the rest of us know nothing? If we are to believe that then we must follow the president’s lead. But there are others high in authority who do not pretend to have any inside infor mation to that effect. Representative Claude Kitchin, for instance, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, democratic floor leader, op poses the president in this matter, and there are approximately one hundred other democratic members of the house who believe as Kitchin does. Then if there is no imminent danger, and we can see none, we cannot quite undersand the presidential attitude. He is swinging around the circle to stir up the people to his way of think ing, in order that they may spur their members of congress to the support of the administration program. European nations are going to be so thoroughly exhausted by all this bloody business that they cannot think of attacking the United States for many years to come. Anything in the way of mechanical development to meet the question of preparedness would be obsolute before it could possibly be required. The people of Nebraska and the middle west are overwhelmingly against a great military program Every evidence indicates that. But with Bryan declaring the president is for too big a military program and with Roosevelt saying he is not pro posing enough, maybe we will conclude after a while that the president is really steering for a safe middle course. But we must yet be convinced. -o Nebraska Feels ’Em Out. St. Louis Globe Democrat: The country has never looked to Nebraska for guidance in national affairs. It has been the home of the most per sistent presidential candidate for nearly twenty years, but that has been an accident. Nebraska itself has not always felt under obligation to ap prove his aspirations. Only once has his own precinct supported Mr. Bryan. It may even be argued that Nebraska has placed a low estimate on presi dential qualifications, basing the same on its knowledge of the customary democratic nominee. But owing to its fearfully and wonderfully made primary law, Ne braska is much in the public eye at present. So far the democrats have suggested but one nominee, Mr. Wil son. Mayor Charles Bryan of Lincoln declined to sign the president’s petition, because he had no assurance that the president desired to run in the face of the one-term pledge of the Baltimore platform, a pledge the mayor’s brother once regarded peculiarly binding. But the Nebraska republicans have more than made up for the lack of activity on the part of the democrats. They have circulated petitions for Charles E. Hughes, Theo dore Roosevelt, George W. Noris, Wil liam Hale Thompson and Henry Ford. Messrs. Hughes, Roosevelt and Thomp son have filed declinations of the honor. Mr. Ford has been too busy with his peace crusade to attend to the matter. Senator Norris seems willing to let the Nebraska republicans commit any folly they please. The Nebraska primary is a long ways off. It is possible to file many petitions yet. Judging from those al ready filed, there will be many more. Mr. Estabrook, a former Nebraskan, will certainly have a petition filed in his behalf. The favorite sons of the various states will surely not neglect Nebraska. But public interest is not in favorite sons and receptive candi dates, but in possible candidates. Ne braska’s peculiar primary law affords an excellent opportunity to feel out the republicans of note who might be in duced to become candidates. Ne braskans will not live up to their full opportunity unless they get out petitions for every republican of priminence in the nation. -o Has Proven a Failure. Washington, D. C., Jan. 31. “The Clayton anti-trust law, heralded by the democrats as a weapon against nn. lawful combinations in restraint of trade, has proven to be a fraud.” This bitter criticism of the anti trust law, passed by the last demo cratic congress, was uttered today by Representative Halvor S teener son of | Minnesota. “For weeks 1 have been endeavoring to have the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission fix the responsibility for the increased price of gasoline, which I believe is due to an unlawful combination in restraint of trade," said Mr. Steenerson. “The fact is that the provisions of the Clayton anti-trust act have made it practically impossible for either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission to reach the situa tion. Formerly the government was able to prosecute ANY violation of the anti-trust laws in restraint of trade, irrespective of the effect on prices, so long as there appeared to be a com bination which controlled prices. It was the POWER to fix prices that was condemned. “The Clayton act provides for prose, cution of ‘substantial’ lessening of competition. The insertion of« the word SUBSTANTIAL, in the Clayton law has practically taken all the teeth out of it. While comparatively easy to prove the existance of a com bination, the Clayton law has enormously increased the difficulty of a conviction, owing to the absolutely indefinite maning of the word ‘sub stantial.’ “Furthermore the Trade Commis sion law limits the investigations of that Commission to whether or not there has been an unlawful combinat ion between manufacturers and deal ers. In other words, this law protects the big jobbers and not the consumer. The democrats by the insertion of this troublesome word ‘substantial’ in the Clayton act have emasculated the whole scheme of trust prosecution for violation of law, and have virtually committed a fraud upon those whom it was supposed to protect.” Constipation. When costive or troubled with con stipation take Chamberlain’s Tablets. They are easy to take and most agreeable in effect. Obtainable every, where. 34-4 To Attend Meeting of Agents. Mr. and Mrs. P .D. Mullen went to Omaha last Wednesday morning where Mr. Mullen will attend the annual meeting of the agents and representa- < tives of the Commonwealth Life In- < surance Company, and Mrs. Mullen 1 will visit friends for a few days. 1 - ( Forty Acre Farm Adjoining O’Neill 1 For Rent. < The above farm has farm buildings < and fine hog and cow pasture of about 1 25 acres, with excellent water fa- ! cilities. Other land adjoining can be secured if satisfactory arrangements can be made. Write or call on < 33- Thomas Carlon, O’Neill, Neb. 1 _ < C. E. Hall Made Captain. The following from the Lincoln Journal shows that C. E. Hall, for < many years a resident of this city and 1 county, is well thought of in thecapitol . city as he has just been appointed ' Captain of detectives in that city This is the position formerly held by • Policeman Schlanden of this city. 1 Charley Hall’s many Holt county friends wish him success in his new 1 position: ’ “The resignation of William F. ' Binger, captain of detectives under the 1 present administration and a patrol- ! man under Chief Malone, takes effect today. C. E. Hall, eight years sheriff 1 of Holt county, is the successor. The new member of the police force has i been a resident of O’Neill for thirty < years. His family moved to Lincoln two years ago, but he regained in the 1 western part of the state to close cer tain business matters. Mr. Hall re- • tired from public office several years ago, after having served four terms as 1 sheriff. He made a name for himself 1 ten years ago when he captured the ; absconding president of the defunct Elkhorn Valley bank. The capture was made in Arizona after a search throughout the south. Mr Hall in- j stituted a nation wide search for Pat . Hagerty, cashier of the bank, but the , latter was not located until shortly be- , fore his deatl) in Seattle. The ap- j pointment of Mr Hall by Commis- j sioned Wright, came as a distinct sur- j prise to those who had prophesied that \ an under-officer of the department j would be elevated to the post.’’ . Notice to Automobile Owners. j Sec. 3044 of the Session Laws of ] Nebraska for the year 1915 reads as i follows: ! 3044 Sec. 911. Motor Vehicles—De- i scription of Vehicle filed with Sec- < retary of State—Fee. Every person j firm or corporation owning, or who may hereafter own a motor vehicle, 1 shall file in the office of the county 1 treasurer of the County in which he : shall reside, on a suitable blank i furnished by the secretary of state a < brief description of every such vehicle 1 owned by such person, firm or cor- s poration except as otherwise provided ( in this article, and shall at the same < time and annually thereafter so long ] as such motor vehicle is owned by 1 such person, firm or corporation, file i with said secretary a receipt issued by . the county treasurer of the county in 1 which the applicant resides showing ( the payment of a registration fee of i two dollars for each motor cycle, three 1 Attention Stockmen! 65 Head of * l Registered Hereford Cattle In Sale Pavilion Ewing, Nebra^skoL -At 1 o’clock sharp, on Saturday, Feb. 19,16 Bigger arvd Better Tha.n Ever ' FOR CATALOGUE ADDRESS WM. H. GRAVER or FRANK MAYNE * Ewing, Neb. O’Neill, Neb. COL. FRED REFFERT, Auctioneer. .—.. .. .. ■ ==^= ■ dollars for each automobile or motor car issued by the said owner for pur poses other than business, and five dol lars for each truck or car used for commercial purposes and a registra tion fee of $5.00 for each manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicles for each class manufactured by or dealt in by him as hereinafter defined in section 3046. Article 3055, Sec. 199—Penalty— The violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed a misde meanor punishable by a fine not ex ceeding fifty dollars for the first of fense, and punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days in the county jail for each subsequent offense, or both fine or imprisonment. On Jonuary 15, 1916, the Board of Supervisors of Holt County, passed the following motion: Mr. Chairman: I move that the County Attorney be and he hereby is instructed to take such action as he deems necessary to compel the col lection of automobile licenses which are delinquent since January 1, 1916. All licenses expire on the 31st of December each year. The law requires the number furnished by the state be displayed conspicuously on the rear of each car. The color of number is changed each year. Pay the license and save yourself trouble. Any person who carries passengers for hire must have a commercial license. 34-2 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Great Dramatic Success. The home talent play produced by the O’Neill Dramatic Club on Monday afternoon and evening was a brilliant success. It is no exaggeration what soever to say that several of the per formers arose to the standard of pro fessionals in their portrayal of the parts. We have no hesitation in say ing that it was the best home talent play that we have seen in recent years and when we say this we mean that it was far superior to the majority of road shows that visit our community. Indeed, some of our local actors have appeared so frequently upon the home stage and accumulated such valuable experience that nothing remains but a salary in order to place them in the professional class. The Fortune Hunter was produced to a crowded house in the evening and to an audience of about two hundred school children and some adults at the matinee. The play was therefore a success both artistically and financially. Everyone of the young actors is de serving of a word of praise which we cheerfully accord them. Those who carried the principal parts are: Miss Mae Hammond, as Betty Graham, Miss Helen Mullen, as Josephine Lockwood, and Miss Frloence McCafferty, as Angie, Patsy Harty, as Nathaniel Duncan, the Fortune Hunter, Lawrence Chapman, as Banker Lockwood, Par nell Golden, as Sam Graham, John Longf staff, as Harry Kellogg, Ray Me. Bride, as Pete Willing the sheriff, and William Froelich, as Tracey Tanner, who furnished a large share of the comedy which has made the piece so popular. To see Lawrence Champan in the part of Banker Lockwood was certainly worth the entire price of admission. We all imagined that we were personally acquainted with Banker Lockwood and had met him in various places we did not know where and in spite of his stinginess and this veil of hypocrisy we rather like him just the same. Sam Graham, the old broken down druggist and unsuccessful inven tor, was portrayed in a surprisingly realistic manner by Mr. Golden. It was impossible to recognizk the actor behind the character. This was another character with whom we felt that we had met and sympathized with somewhere in the dim past—kindly, human, confident, inspired but im practical. The acting of Mr. Harty and Mr. Longstaff was easy, self posessed and natural and showed that these young gentlemen are possessed of real histrionic talant. Ray McBride as the loud spoken sheriff who could lick anybody in town but his wife, made a decided hit in a very difficult part. Miss Hammond as old Sam Graham’s daughter, was sweet and dainty and true to her role. Miss Mullen gave an excellent representa tion of the innocent vanity and fickle ness of the banker’s daughter who jilts her old sweetheart to capture the strange and handsome young man who has recently come to town, but with characteristic fickleness returns to her old love when misfortune overtakes the new. Miss McCafferty as the coy and teasing Angie contributed her full share of success to the play. We should not forget to speak a word of appreciation of the efforts of Mr. Michael Horiskey whose industry, zeal and undoubted talent brought the affair to so successful an issue. The scenery and properties were most ap propriate, the patent gas burner, the invention of Sam Graham and the rain storm which prevailed during the final scene are worthy of especial mention. It is to be hoped that Mr. Horiskey and his talented troupe will give us another . and similar treat in the not distant future. Educational Notes. Mrs. J. S. Evans and Mrs. F. E. Marrin have been assisting in the county superintendent’s office during , the absence of Miss Anna Donohoe. The new directory has been mailed to all directors and teachers. The usual blanks for the eighth grade ex- i amination will be mailed to all teachers, soon. < Earl W. Jackson of University Place was in O’Neill on Monday. He is the son of W. R.. Jackson, who was the county superintendent of Holt county in 1894. Mr. Jackson is a representa tive of Klopp-Bartlett of Omaha. Miss Ida Jeep conducted the teachers ! J examination at Stuart in January for the graduates of Stuart while Supt. F. E. Weyer gave an examination to the Atkinson Normal Training class at the same time. / State Supt. A. O. Thomas called a conference of county superintendents at Lincoln Jonuary 26 and 27. This conference was to plan a campaign of promotion for the schools of Nebraska and to devise ways and means of placing them at the head of the column. The superintendents re turned to their homes carrying with them a tangible program of action for 1916 which will take into consideration the educational needs of the state in all sections. Among the subjects dis cussed were: (1) Common Defects of the Common Schools and How to Remedy them. (2) Standardization of Rural Schools. (3) The Rural High School. (4) The County Institute. (5) The Conpulsory Education. (6) Training Teachers in Service. (7) The Field Coach for Teachers. (8) How to Improve our System of Rural Super- j vision. (9) Conserving the Interests * of the Taxpeyer. (10) Report of Progress for 1915. *** WHEN AN ELEPHANT CROSSES A BRIDGE Did you ever see an Ele phant cross a Bridge ? First of all he carefully puts out one foot and tests it. He as sures himself that the Bridge is all right and will bear his weight. In our business dealings we are just as careful as the Elephant. We are slow, cautious, careful. We take no chances. Before we go in :o anything we carefully test it—and make sure that it is all right first of all. i If a careful, cautious Bank appeals to you, may we have ^our business? j rhis bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stock holders and we are a member of rhe Federal Reserve Bank. Capital, surplus and undivided profits $100,000.00. rHE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK, O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■