The
Frontier.
VOLUME XXXVII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1916.
NO. 4.
I OVER TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE
Help O’Neill Celebrate the Glorious
Fourth of July.
The largest crowd that ever as
sembled at any point in Northeast Ne
braska for any purpose was in O’Neill
last Tuesday to enjoy the hospitality
of this city and assist in celebrating
the Glorious Fourth. The crowd that
was within our borders upon that day
has been variously estimated at from
10,000 to 12,000, but we think that a
very conservative estimate would place
the crowd at 10,000.
And such a crowd. The beauty and
the wealth of Holt and adjoining
counties was present. People were
here from our sister counties of Ante
lope, Boyd and Knox and a better
natured, better dressed, or finer look
ing body of people never were as
sembled under the stars and stripes in
any section of this “glorious country
of ours.” From the break of day until
the sun was high in the heavens they
kept coming from the north, east,
south and west, in autos, buggies and
every known method of conveyance.
One thing that was very noticable was
the great number of automobiles that
were in the city. On a conservative
estimate there were at least 1,000
automobiles in the city on the date, or
more than a million dollars worth of
< vehicles of transportation. If any
k n^an there was who had the opinion
4 * that this section of Nebraska was not
prosperous his mind was disabused of
that idea after witnessing the exhibit
of weatlh and prosperity as shown in
this city last Tuesday. In addition to
the thousands that came by auto,
buggies, lumber wagons, the train
from the west brought in nearly a
thousand people from the towns of
Emmet, Atkinson, Stuart and Bassett
and all seemed to have a very pleas
ant time. One thing that was very
noticable and something that will give
O’Neill a great deal of very favorable
advertising in this section of the state,
" was the fact that the crowd was very
peacable and orderly and the in
vitation that is usually given upon a
day of this kind to “come on out and
settle it” was noticable for its ab
sence. It was a great day and the
manner in which everything was con
ducted, without trouble of any kind,
is something that should be a source
of gratification to the citizens of this
city. The arrangements for the dif
ferent sports might have been a little
more complete, for many people did
not know that the foot races and other
sports were being pulled off in the
lower part of the city and they were
waiting on the main street for these
events, but taken as a whole it was
well conducted.
About eleven o’clock the program
commenced with the parade. The
parade, led by the O’Neill Cornet Band
was followed by the decorated autos,
following which the Savidge Carnival
band, in a wagon drawn by an auto
truck. While the parade was not what
it should have been for the prizes of
fered, some very artistic efforts in the
decoration line were produced. Miss
Hickey was awarded the first prize for
the best decorated auto and Miss Cor.
bett second.
After the lunch hour the crowd
went to the ball grounds where the
main sporting event of the day was
scheduled for 2:30, the bait game be
tween the warriors from the hustling
village of Emmet, piloted by Art
Wilson and “Bill” Cuddy and the local
K. C. team. And it was some game
and furnished thrills enough for a
dozen games. Not only the plays,
but the arguments were such that no
lover of the game had a moments
peace of mind from the time
the teams took the field and the
“umps” called the game. As this was
the sporting event of the day we shall
elaborate a little upon it and show it
to you as we scored it.
Emmet and O’Neill crossed bats
some three weeks ago and on that
date the boys from the west won the
game from the locals on errors. It
was not thought possible that the
numerous errors committed upon that
occasion could be duplicated again and
the members of the local team were of
the opinion that when the last man
was out in the ninth that victory
would perch upon their banner. But
it was another case of “counting your
chickens before they were hatched.”
The locals not only committed the
errors they did upon the former oc
casion but added a couple for goo
measure. It would appear as if the
did not want to humble their guests b
defeating them upon this occasion an
played the Alphonso-Gaston act one
too often and allowed “Billy” Cuddy
boys to get away with the long end c
a 7 to 3 score. While the boys froi
the west made seven scores they wei
out-hit by the locals and had but on
earned run, while the locals had threi
But that merely shows that they wei
playing ball, while the local boys wei
playing horse. But it was a good ir
teresting game to witness and *wa
eagerly watched by thousands of th
people of this and adjoining countie;
If O’Neill had played errorless ball th
game would have ended three to on
in their favor, but as they did not i
ended 7 to 3 against them. But let u
tell you how it happened:
Emmet was retired in order in th
first inning, the first man going on
form third to first, the second on
pop-up fiy to third and the third ma
striking out. For O’Neill Hanle
secured a hit; Boyle fanned bu
Hanley took second while he was doin
it. Hammond fanned; McGoff cam
through with a hit and Hanley too
third, being held there by thecoachers
then Martin came through with a hi
and Handley scored the first run o
the game. Watson went out on a fi
to center.
Second Inning: Alberts went ou
third to first; A. Tros. secured a shor
hit to left; Harris got a hit to lef
center and Tros. took third; Wilso
got a Texas leaguer to left and Tros
scored, Harris taking second; J. Tros
was hit by a pitched ball and they al
advanced a base; T. Tros. sent a littl
roller to third who shot it home an'
caught Harris at the plate, Wilso
taking third and J. Tros. second
Weber taking third and and J. Tros
second; Weber was out on a foul t
the catcher, McGoff making a nic
catch on the play. On the O’Neill sid
Brennan and McBride fanned an
Kane was out on a little pop-up t
second.
Third Inning: O’Donnell was saf
on an error at short; Richardson wa
safe on an error at second, O’Donnel
taking third on the error; Alberts wa;
out pitcher to first; A. Tros. was saf
The Need of Economy j
thers of the past generation could If many of your fathers and mo
view th:" prosperous country now, what violent shocks, often re
peated, would they receive from our many little forms of luxury and ex
travagence.
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> jj While no one, not even our forefathers, would now advocate a self
imposed condition of harsh economy it behoves many of us living in this
fast moving era to pull ourselves up with a jerk and put on the brakes
or throttle down on our careless ex-penditures.
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This is especially true in its relation to our children, to their future
welfare and to that of this country.
It is an alarming fact that the young people of today do not have the
proper regard of the value of money and we should not only take the
blame as parents, but should teach economy and more especially inculcate
this in the younger minds by practicing it ourselves.
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We, in this community, have been given one of the world’s greatest
incentives for the accumulation of money. That is the sense of security
given by the guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska.
This fund now amounts to an enormous sum which is set aside as a
j gH protection for the depositors in the State Banks of Nebraska.
Grandfather had the worry for the security of his money besides
the task of saving. We have only to place our money in a State Bank to
be free from worry.
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d on an error of short, O’Donnell scoring
y on the error; Harris fanned and Wil
y son was out short to first. On the
d O’Neill side Hanley was out on a little
e roller to pitcher who threw him out
s at first; Boyle secured a hit to right
f center; Hammond fanned; McGoff
n connected with one that went clean
e over into the autos in left field and
e Boyle scored and McGoff landed on
s. third. Here was where the argument
e of the game came up. It appears
e that prior to the game they had
- made a ground rule that a hit into the
s autos was good for only two bases,
e This was not generally understood by
i. the crowd and when the umpire put
e Boyle back to third and sent MeGoff
e back to second a great howl went up.
t Many people insist that it never went
s under the auto, while others insist
that it did. Nevertheless had it not
e been for the machines or the ground
t rules there is no question but what
* McGoff would have had a home run on
i the hit. It was a great drive and he
V was entitled to it. The decision on
t this play and the decision on a couple
? of plays just prior thereto, which the
8 local boys seemed to think was against
4 them, seemed to take the heart out of
I them and they did not play as snappy
t a game thereafter as they did before,
f After Boyle had been sent back to
f second and McGoff to third Martin
ended the inning by sending a short
t fiy to first.
Fourth Inning: J. Tros. first up
1 walked; T. Tros. fanned; Weber, who
1 is one of the star players on the At
' kinson team, connected for a double;
’ J. Tros. taking third; O’Donnell was
given a life on an error of third and
' J. Tros. scored; Richardson then came
through with a Texas leaguer and
1 Weber scored; Alberts forced Richard.
’ son at second, short to second, O’Don
‘ nell taking third on the play. A.
5 Tros. got first on an error at short,
O’Donnell scoring; Harris got first on
j a fielder’s choice and all hands were
safe; Wilson ended the inning by go
1 ing out on a pop-up to short after
Emmet had chalked up three runs all
on errors. On the O’Neill side Watson
got a hit but was forced at second by
* Brennq/^ McBride, then forced Bren
: nan at second and Kane ended the in
3 ning by fanning.
. Fifth Inning: J. Tros. was out
■i pitcher to first; T. Tros. fanned and
J Weber fanned. O’Neill: Hanley was
| out pitcher to first; Boyle connected
| for two sacks; Hammond fanned; Mc
| Goff came through with his third hit
| of the game and Boyle scored; Martin
1 ended the inning by going out third
1 to first.
| Sixth Inning: O’Donnell was out on
| a fly to third; Richardson was given a
1 life by being hit; Alberts walked but
| Richardson was caught trying to pur
1 loin second; A. Tros. hit to short who
| threw Alberts out at second. On the
1 O’Neill side Watson was out on a fly
| to short; Brennan connected for two
1 sacks into left center; McBride was
1 out on a fly to left; Kane singled to
1 right and Brennan scored, Kane steal
1 ing second on the throw in. Hanley
| ended the inning by fanning.
1 Seventhinning: Harris got a hit to
| left center; Wilson got on by an error
| of third, Harris taking second; J.
| Tros. got on by an error of short, Har.
1 ris taking third and Wilson second; J.
1 Tros. got a hit and Harris scored but
I Wilson was caught, center to short to
I third; Weber was out on a fly to
| center and O’Donnell, was out pitcher
I to first. On the O’Neill side Boyle
| was out on pop-up to short; Hammond
1 was out on a short fly to second; Mc
! Goff connected for his fourth hitofthe
1 game but Martin ended the inning by
1 going but on a foul fly.
| Eighth Inning: Richardson was out
1 on a fly to left; Alberts walked but
| was forced at second when A. Tros.
sent an easy one to short; Harris
1 ended the inning by going out second
1 to first. For O’Neill Watson went out
| third to first; Brennan fanned; Mc
] Bride walked, stole second, but ex
| pired there as Kane fanned.
1 Ninth Inning: Wilson was an easy
I out second to first; J. Tros. walked; T.
1 Tros. got hit; but was caught at sec
| ond when Weber rolled an easy one to
I short; O’Donnell was hit and when
1 the ball was thrown away J. Tros.
| scored; Richardson ended the comedy
| by being out pitcher to first. On the
: O’Neill side Hanley was out pitcher to
| first; Boyle connected for a hit but
; was doubled at second when Hammond
| sent a little pop-up to short and the
| game was over: What they done:
| O’Neill AB R H E
| Hanley, cf.5 1 1 0
J Boyle, ss.5 1 3 4
1 Hammond, rf. 5 0 0 0
| McGoff, c. 4 0 4 0
1 Martin, 3b.4 0 1 2
1 Watson, p.4 0 1 0
J Brennan, If.4 1 1 0
J McBride, lb. 4 0 0 1
Kane, 2b.4 0 1 2
39 3 12 9
Emmet AB R H E
Weber, 3b.6 1 1 0
O’Donnell, cf. 6 2 0 0
Richardson, 2b.6 0 1 0
Alberts, c. 2 0 0 0
A. Tros., ss.5 1 1 0
Harris, rf.5 1 2 0
Wilson, If.5 0 1 0
J. Tros., lb.4 2 0 0
T. Tros., p. 5 0 2 0
44 7 8 0
Two base hits: McGoff, Boyle.
Base on balls: Watson, 2; Tros. 1.
Struck out: Watson. K; Tros. 9.
Ewing Gets Trimmed.
The ball team from Ewing came up
last Sunday and for the second time
within two weeks crossed bats with
the local K. C. team upon the local
diamond and this time went down to
defeat at the hands of the local ag
gregation by a score of 5 to 2.
The boys from the hitting little
burg to the east of us started the
game as if they were going to make a
run-away race of it and before the
last man was out in the first inning
two big juicy tallies were counted up
to their credit. They came as follows:
Krachie walked on four wide ones.
Sanders went out on a pop-up to
short. Shaffer then connected for a
single and Krachie took third. B.
Spittler fanned the air, but Furley
connected for a single to left center
and Krachie and Shaffer, who had
stolen second, scored. Furley was out
at second, Hanley to Boyle to Sullivan,
trying to stretch his hit into a double.
This was all the scores made by the
boys from Ewing although they had
runners on third several times during
the game, but were unable to connect
for a hit when a hit meant a run, and
were content to take goose eggs every
inning after the first.
O’Neill scored once in the first in
ning and that w’thout making a hit.
It happened like this: Hanley was
given a life on an error by short, but
was out, third to second, when Martin
rolled an easy one to third. While
McGoff was fanning Martin stole
second and third and scored when
Boyle rolled one to Coyne, who tried
to catch Martin at the plate, but
threw wild, both being safe. Sullivan
ended the inning by fanning.
There was nothing further doing
for the locals and hits were very
scarce until the eighth inning and it
began to look as the game would end
two to one in favor of Ewing. But in
the eighth inning the locals put the
game on ice, and that after two were
down, but an error of left field started
the fireworks and when the smoke of
battle had cleared away O’Neill had
made four scores and had the game
tied up. After two were gone Hanley
hit a fly to short left, which the fielder
misjudged and came up on it too late
and it went through his hands and
Hanley was safe on first. Martin then
came up with a two base crack, Han
ley taking third. McGoff then came
on with a dandy three base drive to
left center, scoring Hanley and Martin
and putting the game on ice. McGoff
scored when third fumbled Boyle’s
easy roller .Boyle stole second and
scored when Sullivan secured a little
Texas leaguer into right. It was an
interesting game and thoroughly en
joyed by a fairly good sized crowd.
The score:
O’Neill AB R H E
Hanley . 4 1 0 0
Martin . 4 2 1 0
McGoff . 4 1 2 0
Boyle, s. s.4 1 0 0
Sullivan, 2b.4 0 1 0
Brennan, If. 2 0 0 0
Hammond, If. 2 0 0 0
McBride, lb.3 0 1 0
Watson, p. 3 0 0 0
Kane, rf. 3 0 1 0
33 5 6 0
Ewing AB R H E
Krachie, 3b.4 1 1 1
Sanders, s. s.4 0 1 2
Schaffer, 2b.4 1 2 2
B. Spittler, rf.4 0 1 0
Furley, c. 3 0 2 0
Coyne, lb.3 0 1 1
Billings, If. 4 0 0 0
McKay, cf.4 0 0 0
V. Spittler, p.4 0 1 0
34 2 9 6
Three base hits: McGoff. Two
base hit: Martin, Coyne, Sanders.
Base on balls: Watson, 2. Struck
out: Watson, 11; Spittler,
Shaffer, 1.
Let Contract For Redbird Bridge.
The Boyd and Holt county board of
supervisors and the state engineer, as
secretary of the state board of irri
gation, held a joint session in this city
last Friday morning, when the bids
for construction of the state aid bridge
across the river at Redbird were
opened. Eight bridge companies had
submitted bids for the construction of
this bridge and most of the companies
were personally represented at the
opening. The contract was let to the
Western Bridge & Construction Co.,
of Omaha, it having the lowest bid.
Work on the construction of the
bridge is to start on or before Sep
tember 1st and the work is to be com
pleted by April 1, next year.
Bids were submitted for the con
struction of the bridge as follows:
Illinois Steel Bridge Co.,
Omaha, .$12,340.00
Monarch Engineering Co.,
Falls City, .. 11,880.00
Wlison Re-Enforced Con
crete Co., Wahoo. 10,685.00
Midland Bridge Co., Kansas
City, Mo. .. 11,990.00
Vincennes Bridge Co., Vin
cennes, Ind. V... 12,980.00
Elkhart Bridge & Iron Co.,
Omaha, ......'. 15,266.00
Omaha Structural Steel
Works, Omaha, .. 12,775.00
Western Bridge & Con
struction Co., Omaha, ... 9,600.0
The following members of the Boyd
county board were present at the let
ting of the contract: S. S. Parsons,
J. W. Long, H. W. Kenaston, A. R.
Gardner, George Sanders and Q. L.
Klein. They were accompanied by
County Clerk Richardson.
To Whom It May Concern:
O’Neill, Neb., July 6, ’16.
To the people having hogs and pigs
inside the corporate limits:
You are hereby ordered to remove
them forthwith or I will proceed to
enforce the ordinances governing this
matter. Ne exceptions will be made.
DR. J. P. GILLIGAN,
4-2 Health Officer.
J. C. Coffey and family of Spencer
were over the Fourth attending the
ceelbration and visiting relatives.
HOW THIS MAN BEAT THE BANK
A storekeeper had a system of bookkeeping
to beat the bank. He hung up two boots, one
on either side of an old fireplace—because the
fireplace had long been in disuse. In one boot
he put all the money he received. In the other
all his receipted bills. At the end of the year
he thought by this means he could readily
make up his accounts. He didn’t. A sneak
thief took the money out of one boot, and toss
ing the receipts from the other on the hearth
set fire to them and destroyed them. When
YOU keep your money in this Bank you have
it where you can lay your hand on it at any
time, and every check you draw on your Bank
Account is a receipt for the payment you
make.
THE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK
O’Neill, Nebraska
This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stock
holders and we are a member of The Federal Reserve Bank.
Capital, surplus and undivided profits $100,000.00.